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Legions of youthful Americans have taken On the Road as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the book than that. In Why Kerouac Matters , John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of the novel, arguing that it still... read more
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IN October 1948, Jack Kerouac wrote to his friend Hal Chase that he had started a new novel, an "American-scene picaresque" about two boys hitchhiking to California, one for a girl, the other for Hollywood Stardust.
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- John Leland (Author)
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