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On the Road

AUTHOR Kerouac, Jack; Kerouac, Jack
PUBLISHER Penguin Books (12/28/1976)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Jack Kerouac's classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation

"An authentic work of art."--The New York Times

Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope--a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.

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ISBN-13: 9780140042597
ISBN-10: 0140042598
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 320
Carton Quantity: 64
Product Dimensions: 5.10 x 0.70 x 7.70 inches
Weight: 0.50 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Classics
Fiction | Coming of Age
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: FIC
Library of Congress Control Number: 57009425
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Jack Kerouac's classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation

"An authentic work of art."--The New York Times

Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope--a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.

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