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 "On
the Road"
by Jack Kerouac Viking Press, 1955 It's the book that launched a thousand dharma bums. It's the story of the times and travels of Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise, which is based on the real life adventures of hipsters Neal Cassady and Kerouac himself. It's a roadtrip across the country that reads like a zen meditation and/or a prayer to the be-bop jazz age. Fellow members of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs also make appearances, and all help to create the mythos of the swinging hipster which is, of course, brother to the swinging bachelor. On the Road was not only a manifesto for the Beat Generation, but for generations of youth to come who went out on America's highways to discover themselves. Kerouac shows a wayward, staggering and stumbling freedom that, until then, was not chronicled with any authority. Many a modern day nomad had a dog-eared copy of this book laying in the backseat, using it both as reference and travelogue to their own road adventures. There would have been no Easy Rider in the 60's if there was no On the Road in the 50's. Buy this book from
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