On The Road Again

"On September 5, 1957, Viking Press published Jack Kerouac's seminal "On The Road." On that day, as Kerouac's girlfriend at the time said, "Jack went to bed obscure and woke up famous." His stream-of-consciousness tale of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty's cross-country adventures resonated with readers, making him an instant literary sensation and poster child for the Beat Generation" - by Michelle Heimburger for Yahoo