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Jack kerouac reads on the road is a compilation album by american novelist and poet jack kerouac, released posthumously on september 14, 1999. Listen to james franco read from jack kerouacs influential beat novel, on the road. Jack kerouac download free books pdf epub freeditorial. On the road is a 1957 novel by american writer jack kerouac, based on the travels of kerouac and his friends across the united states. March 12, 1922 october 21, 1969 was an american novelist and poet of frenchcanadian heritage.
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