![]() ![]() The truth is that the book actually had a much longer, bumpier journey from inspiration to publication, complete with multiple rewrites, repeated rejections and a dog who - well, On the Road wasn't homework, but we all know what dogs do.īut the scroll: That part's true. Legend has it that Kerouac wrote On the Road in three weeks, typing it almost nonstop on a 120-foot roll of paper. Today the beat travelogue continues to sell 100,000 copies a year in the U.S. This September marks 50 years since Jack Kerouac's On the Road hit bookshelves, stirred controversy and spoke - in a new voice - to a generation of readers. ![]()
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