Jack Kerouacโs 37-metre-long โOn the Roadโ scroll could sell for millions at New York auction |
Source: San Francisco Chronicle For decades, Jack Kerouacโs most famous work has existed in two forms. The book readers know, and the scroll that most people have only heard about. Now, that original scroll is stepping back into public view. The 37-metre-long typewritten draft of โOn the Roadโ is set to be auctioned in New York this March, and literary historians are paying close attention. Typed in a restless three-week burst in April 1951, the scroll captures Kerouac before edits, before polish, before restraint. It is raw, fast, and reportedly closest to what he actually wanted to say. Experts say…