[Duluoz Legend 01] • On the Road

A quintessential novel of America the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the N. American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge experience. Kerouac's love of America, compassion for humanity sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. This classic novel of freedom longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" has inspired every generation since its initial publication.