On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2008
by Jack Kerouac; Introduction by Howard Cunnell; Introduction by Penny Vlagopoulos
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road" is now published as Kerouac originally composed it: rougher, wilder, and more provocative than the official work that was released, heavily edited, in 1957.
About this book
Kerouac often claimed that the wrote On the Road in a mere three weeks on a single 120-foot scroll of paper. Although that scroll does indeed exist and is featured in museums, Kerouac kept detailed journals of his travels that would later become passages and chapters in the finished product. The book was first published by Viking in 1957.
Viking Press would go on to publish an edited version of On the Road in 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first printing. They substituted the fictional names for the real Beat protagonists, and they even included some of the more sexually explicit passages that were edited out of the 1957 edition.
Due to the cultural significance of the book, true first editions/first printings of On the Road are quite valuable. But be warned: it is easy to mistake reprints or book club editions for the real thing, so always check with an expert before making a significant purchase.
Summary
IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road—typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll. A major literary event when it was published in Viking hardcover in 2007, this is the uncut version of an American classic—rougher, wilder, and more provocative than the official work that appeared, heavily edited, in 1957. This version, capturing a moment in creative history, represents the first full expression of Kerouac’s revolutionary aesthetic.
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First Edition Identification
On The Road was first published by Viking in 1957. True first printings of the book include the $3.95 pricing information on the top right hand corner of the front inside dust jacket flap. Later printings and subsequent book club editions do not feature the price in that location. Additionally, a photo of Kerouac is featured on the back inside cover flap along with a brief description of the author.
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- Title On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Author Jack Kerouac; Introduction by Howard Cunnell; Introduction by Penny Vlagopoulos
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2008-08-26
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780143105466 / 0143105469
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.65 x 1 in (21.34 x 14.35 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 940
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Autobiographical fiction, Beat generation
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 10/12/2008, Page 32
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