{"product_id":"on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac-1957-paperback-signet-10th-printing-mint","title":"On the Road by Jack Kerouac [1957 PAPERBACK] Signet • 10th Printing • Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/em\u003eby\u003cem\u003e Jack Kerouac \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVINTAGE PAPERBACK [1957] SIGNET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e10th Signet mass market printing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage paperback in excellent condition.  Near mint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean, tight and unread copy with a hint of tanning to cover wraps and pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn September 5, 1957, Viking published Jack Kerouac's novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Few books have had as profound an impact on American culture. Pulsating with rhythms of late 1940s\/1950s underground America, jazz, sex, illicit drugs, and the mystery and promise of the open road, Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be \"Beat\" and has inspired generations of writers, musicians, artists, poets and seekers who cite their discovery of the book as the event \"set them free.\" This hardcover edition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication of an American classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of two friends whose four cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon, and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67666940821753,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/on_the_road-1.jpg?v=1794378293","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac-1957-paperback-signet-10th-printing-mint","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}