Shortly after the novel by Jack Kerouac "On the Road" published September 5, 1957, review of The New York Times called it beat "the most beautiful and execution, clear language the most important fact for the generation Kerouac himself even years ago as" " he avatar, and whose head is appointed. "
Since its release, "On the Road" has inspired readers with its melancholic romance of youth, jazz, poetry and slang, American, Diners Club, and Cross Country units. A fan of the book, Dennis Mansker was motivated to draw judgments about the individual car trips Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty in the USA ..
Interactive maps of Mansker Jack Kerouac On the Road includes four maps for long road trips that occur in the book. Not only that Mansker adds relevant quotes at each stop on each card, so you can follow the story. Also provided on photos of each of the classic (and buses) Sal and Dean cars as the transport and used by the courts.
The four cards in the Mansker site are:
Denver :. "Shortly before the rolling wheat fields of gold, while the snow away from Estes see me old Denver at last I found myself in a Denver bar that night, with the whole band, and his eyes make me strange and ragged like the prophet who crosses the country to bring the dark Word, and the only word I had was: "Wow!" husband and I had a cordial conversation in our respective programs in life, and before I knew There we were in the great fruit markets outside Denver, had chimneys, smoke, railways, red brick buildings and the downtown distant buildings Graystone, and that was in Denver. He had me on Larimer Street. came up with the most wicked grin joy in the world, among the old bums and beat cowboys of Larimer Street. "
New Orleans: "In the late afternoon we arrived in the busy streets of New Orleans" Oh, people feel, "Dean exclaimed with his face out the window sniffing life" Oh God .. !! Back of a truck. "Yes!" It started the car and looked in all directions for girls. "Look at it from you to!, The air so sweet to New Orleans, which seemed to come from soft tissue, was, and you could smell the river and people really feel, and mud and molasses, and all kinds of tropical expiration with the nose suddenly the dry ice away from the northern winter hit. in our seats. "And his dig! Dean shouted, pointing with another woman. "Oh, I love, love, love women, I think women are wonderful I love women!" He spat out the window, sighed, took the head of the Great drops of sweat from his forehead was pure excitement and exhaustion "..
Times Square, New York: "The man is tired of Pennsylvania and Dean took the wheel and clearly the rest of the way to New York, and we have the Symphony Sid radio show with the latest bop, and now we were entering into the last major city in America. arrived early in the morning. Times Square, New York, was torn never rests. Hassel automatically scans were performed along the way. "
San Antonio :. "Suddenly we were absolutely in the tropical heat in a five-mile long hill and down from the front, we saw the lights of the old town of San Antonio One had the feeling that it will be used to Mexican territory Homes effect. the side of the road were other, less lamps. Dean happily took the wheel to take us in filling drummer San Antonio. We entered the city in the desert south of ramshackle huts without Mexican caves and old rocking chairs on the porch., in a crazy gas station we stopped to get a job with grease. Mexicans to the hot light of the general bulbs were black summerbugs Valley, descending in a beverage can and threw beer bottles and throw money operators. Whole families were around. Around there were huts and fallen trees and the scent of wild cinnamon in the air. Frantic Mexican Teens came for the children. "Hoo! Cried. Dean. "Yes! Manana! Music came from everywhere, and all kinds of music. Stan and I drank several bottles of beer and high. We were almost out of America, and even in them and certainly in the middle of which is the craziest. Hotrods blown. San Antonio, ah-haa! "
Check it's hard not to, to love this concept, so you wonderful "On the Road" Dennis Mansker resources and links. If you want yourself to read the book (I find myself wanting to do now), head of the nearest library or youth library.
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