On the Road
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Thanks, Jack Kerouac...his romanticism, about his self-destructive alcoholism, about his inability to get beyond his initial massive success with "On the Road." But as much as the pilgrims and the codifiers of American holidays, Jack Kerouac showed us America in a... In this article: Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Neal Cassady, Acetate, Los Angeles Times, Allen Ginsberg, Steve Allen, Los Angeles, and California |
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VentureBeat | 7 days ago
Google search marketing gets all touchy-feely
...about falling in love in Paris, another video on how to use Google to become Batman and one retracing Jack Kerouac's route in "On the Road. " Kim-Mai was born and raised a stone's throw from Apple headquarters in Cupertino by a devout...
In this article: Google, Twitter, Google search, Googling, Microsoft Office, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Jack Kerouac
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Omaha World-Herald | November 19, 2009
Cool cats and hip chicks find poetry just crazy, man
...refers to nonconformists of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Beat writers of the time include Kerouac, best known for On the Road, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Dressed in their best hipster attire, students arrived at 7:45...
In this article: Jack Kerouac, Shel Silverstein, Pastry, Cocoa, Beat Generation, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg
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Stuff | November 17, 2009
Lost in transit in Los Angeles
...next few hours I perch uncomfortably on a window sill, nibbling my last muesli bar and reading a dog-eared copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. There are three of us sitting on this sill - and the other two are kissing. A cleaner zooms by on...
In this article: Los Angeles, Jack Kerouac, Air New Zealand, Amsterdam, Narita Airport, Singapore, Muesli, and Purgatory
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Texas Monthly - Texas Monthly | November 15, 2009
Literary Life
...his books ("Little of my work in fiction is pedestrian, but, on the other hand, none of it is really great"), and his influences (such as On the Road, Kerouac's "one really good novel"). Deadpan and self-deprecating, he is equally likely to...
In this article: Simon & Schuster, Jack Kerouac, Gizzard, and Wichita Falls
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 12, 2009
Lucy Liu film highlights child trafficking
Sex Pistols lead singer Sid Vicious was charged with stabbing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen to death there. Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road there. And, eventually, director Abel Ferrara was drawn into the Chelsea's fold. An iconoclastic artist...
In this article: Lucy Liu, Egypt, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Abel Ferrara, United States, Unicef, Chelsea, and Cairo International Film Festival
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Reiss' Pieces | November 10, 2009
On the road again...
...2006 AFC East champions had their remaining intraconference contests against San Diego (2006 AFC West champion) at home and on the road against the Colts (2006 AFC South champion). Last season, the Patriots played the entire AFC West,...
In this article: Patriots, Colts, NFL, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Houston, and Miami, Florida
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Charlotte Observer | November 06, 2009
A return trip 'On the Road'
...highlights of Kuralt's journeys into the heartland. A new DVD gives us the chance to rediscover Charles Kuralt's America. "On the Road with Charles Kuralt, Set 1" ($40), includes 77 of Kuralt's CBS segments, bundled into blocks of 18...
In this article: Charles Kuralt, CBS, DVD, Hiccup, and The Wizard of Oz
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L.A. Times - Jacket Copy | November 05, 2009
Isabel Rucker's long, long memoir
...long. "Initially I didn't have Jack Kerouac in mind, but after starting it, I did." Rucker told Jacket Copy via e-mail. "I love 'On the Road' and any other writing by him. A couple of years ago I had the joy of seeing the 'On the Road' scroll...
In this article: San Francisco, Wyoming, California, E mail, Los Angeles Times, Rudy Rucker, and Jack Kerouac
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South Bend Tribune | October 29, 2009
Via DVDs, Kuralt 'On the Road' again
...bakers and candlestick makers have all been busy as bees creating unique gifts for everyone in the family. Read Via DVDs, Kuralt 'On the Road' again HOLLYWOOD - Back in the 20th century, a CBS TV reporter named Charles Kuralt set off in an...
In this article: Charles Kuralt, Hiccup, The Wizard of Oz, CBS TV, CBS Sunday Morning, and Mamou, La
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L.A. Times - TV News | October 27, 2009
DVDs: 'On the Road With Charles Kuralt: Set 1'
More would only be a good thing, and not too much of one. From "Huckleberry Finn" to "The Wizard of Oz" to Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider," stories about going from here to there and having adventures along...
In this article: Charles Kuralt, CBS, Hiccup, The Wizard of Oz, CBS Sunday Morning, and Mamou, La
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On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences. While many of the names and details of Kerouac's experiences are changed for the novel, hundreds of references in On the Road have real-world counterparts.
When the book was originally released, the New York Times hailed it as "the most beautifully executed, the clearest and most important utterance" of Kerouac's generation. The novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.
- Name:
- On the Road
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Genre:
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- Beat
- Novel
- Preceded By:
- The Town and the City
- Written By:
- Jack Kerouac
- Published By:
- Viking Press
- Length:
- 320 pages
- Media Type:
- Print (Hardback & Paperback)
- Language:
- English
- Published Date:
- September 5, 1957
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