THE DAILY BEAT: Jack Kerouac's On The Road scroll on display in his hometown of Lowell, MA

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Jack Kerouac's On The Road scroll on display in his hometown of Lowell, MA

The On The Road scroll

Jack Kerouac's original On The Road scroll is currently on display through April 15 at the National Park Service's Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Jack's hometown of Lowell, MA. Click HERE and scroll down for details. The museum is open daily from 12 noon to 5 P.M. and admission fees are listed at the NPS link above.

Be there or be square . . . .

4 comments:

NewRobin13 said...: Wow! Roger and I so wish we lived closer so we could go to the museum and gaze at this remarkable work of art. Have you seen it? Are you planning on going?; March 31, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: I've never seen it but a tentative plan to do so is swirling about . . . .; March 31, 2022 at 3:07 PM
NewRobin13 said...: I so hope you go. Your look at it will be my virtual viewing. I would love to read your words of the experience.; March 31, 2022 at 5:15 PM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: Robin, you can bet I will post about it if it happens! Pics if they'll let visitors take any. We will visit Jack's grave, too, and I will leave one of my books on it as usual. Pics from that for sure.; April 1, 2022 at 10:44 AM

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."