"The legendary first draft - rougher, wilder, and racier than the 1957 edition"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
On the road : the original scroll. Joshua Kupetz -- Rewriting America : Kerouac's nation of "underground monsters" / Penny Vlagopoulos -- "Into the heart of things" : Neal Cassady and the search for the authentic / George Mouratidis -- "Straight line will take you only to death" : the scroll manuscript and contemporary literary theory / Joshua Kupetz -- On the road : the original scroll.
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