On the Road

On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across America. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. The novel, published in 1957, is a roman à clef, with many key figures in the Beat movement, such as William S. Burroughs (Old Bull Lee), Allen Ginsberg (Carlo Marx) and Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty) represented by characters in the book, including Kerouac himself as the narrator Sal Paradise.

The idea for On the Road, Kerouac's second novel, was formed during the late 1940s in a series of notebooks, and then typed out on a continuous reel of paper during three weeks in April 1951. It was first published by Viking Press in 1957. After several film proposals dating from 1957, the book was finally made into a film, On the Road (2012), produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by Walter Salles.

On the Road (Lee Roy Parnell album)

On the Road is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released October 26, 1993 via Arista Nashville. The album produced four singles for Parnell, all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Songs: the title track at #6, "I'm Holding My Own" at #3, a cover of the Hank Williams song "Take These Chains from My Heart" at #17, and "The Power of Love" at #51.

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On the Road (Jimmie Johnson)

On the Road is a self-published coffee table book written by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his wife Chandra, with photographs taken by Missy McLamb. It was released in September 2012.

Summary

On the Road covers a behind-the-scenes look at NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his family during the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, in which he attempted to win his sixth Sprint Cup Series title, having won the championship during five consecutive seasons between 2006 and 2010. Johnson ultimately finished sixth in the final point standings, his worst points finish since joining the Cup Series full-time in 2002.

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