Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac, one of the leading lights of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. His famous novels, including On the Road, The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums, offer a fascinating glimpse into his adventurous life. However, Kerouac's first published novel, The Town and the City, was more conventional in style. Despite his untimely death at the age of forty-seven, he was still working on his longest novel, a surrealist masterpiece inspired by the last ten years of his life. Other notable works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry, Mexico City Blues. Penguin Modern Classics has published On the Road: The Original Scroll, the uncensored transcription of the original manuscript of On the Road, revealing even more of Kerouac's rebellious spirit. In his timeless travelogue, Lonesome Traveler, Kerouac takes readers on a journey through the