{"product_id":"on-the-road","title":"On the Road: The Original Scroll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe legendary 1951 scroll draft of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, published as Kerouac originally composed it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“The sparse and unassuming scroll is the living version [of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e] for our time. . . . It is a dazzling piece of writing.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDuring three weeks in 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote the first draft of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—typed as a long, single-spaced paragraph on eight sheets of tracing paper, which he taped together to form a scroll. Representing the identifiable point at which his vision and narrative voice first came together in a sustained burst of creative energy, the scroll is the “uncut” version of Kerouac’s masterpiece—rougher, wilder, and more sexually explicit than the edited work that appeared in 1957. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Road: The Original Scroll\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis Kerouac’s signature achievement—and one of the most significant, celebrated, and provocative documents in American literary history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47740190032130,"sku":"9780143105466","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/ONTHEROADTHEORIGINALSCROLL.jpg?v=1778215395","url":"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/en-au\/products\/on-the-road","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}