THE DAILY BEAT: Kerouac's On the Road: 58th Anniversary

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Kerouac's On the Road: 58th Anniversary

Jack Kerouac's On the Road was published on this date in 1957, making the legendary book 58 years old today. Click here for History,com's blurb about it.

Not his "best" novel, according to many, it is certainly the one that launched him to fame, starting with an over-the-top review (click here) by Gilbert Millstein in the New York Times (as luck would have it, Millstein was substituting for the regular reviewer, who would not have been so kind).

So, in honor of this auspicious occasion, today it is necessary for all Kerouac fans to read at least one chapter from On the Road. Which one are you going to read?

P.S. I'll make it easy: click here for the full text.

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Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."