![]() ![]() (Photo: Aidan Crawley)Īlmost entirely autobiographical and based on his own travels across America, On the Road tells the story of Kerouac and his friends and acquaintances over a period of approximately three years. Kerouac's original manuscript scroll is prepared for public display at UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies by Conservator, James Canary, Lilly Library, Indiana Univesrity. Kerouac completed the novel in twenty days of rapid, continuous typing, fuelled chiefly by caffeine. Feeding it into a portable typewriter, he began composing the work that was to become the bible of the post-war Beat Generation. ![]() In April 1951, Kerouac taped together eight twenty-foot strips of teletype paper to form a single scroll some 127ft long (now 120ft). One of the most iconic literary manuscripts in existence, the 120ft long original typescript scroll is displayed alongside multiple original editions of the novel, maps, photographs, records books and other memorabilia exploring the novel’s genesis and times. The original manuscript scroll of Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel, On the Road will be on public display at University College Dublin from 04 – 27 February 2009. Kerouac's original manuscript scroll, On the Road goes on public display at UCD ![]()
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