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" On the road / "
Jack Kerouac ; introduction by Ann Charters.
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BL
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Record Number
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1012262
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b766632
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Main Entry
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Kerouac, Jack,1922-1969.
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Title & Author
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On the road /\ Jack Kerouac ; introduction by Ann Charters.
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Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Penguin Books,, 1991.
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Series Statement
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Penguin twentieth-century classics
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Page. NO
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xxxiii, 310 pages ;; 20 cm.
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ISBN
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0140185216
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: 0141182679
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: 9780140185218
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: 9780141182674
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxi-xxxiii).
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Abstract
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Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast. As he travels across 1950s America, aspiring writer Sal Paradise chronicles his escapades with the charismatic Dean Moriarty. Sal admires Dean's passion for experiencing as much as possible of life and his wild flights of poetic fancy.
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Subject
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Beats (Persons), Fiction.
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Beats (Persons)
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English fiction.
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Subject
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Youth-- Fiction.
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Subject
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United States.
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Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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LC Classification
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PS3521.E735O5 1991
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NLM classification
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18.06bcl
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