Jack Kerouac's Birthday - March 12, 1922

Jack Kerouac lived a short and fast life between 1922 and 1969. Hailed for his 1957 novel, On the Road, based upon years of cross-country adventures with friend and muse Neal Cassady, Kerouac is a central figure in the Beat Generation. The Beats, inspired by jazz and bop music and disaffected with the establishment, included Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Gregory Corso. On the Road was lauded as unique in its "spontaneous prose" style, Kerouac's unique stream of conciousness.

Read a Brief Biography of Jack Kerouac.

Jack Kerouac's first draft of On the Road is currently in the middle of a four year national tour which began in January and will end in 2007!

Learn more about the tour.