Regular book reviewer (on September 8, 1957). The follow-up review in the New York Times the following week by the
Gilbert Millstein that set off the firestorm, September 5, 1957. Times - Original New York Times review by Lowell Sun (Jack’s hometown) - SALE BRINGS 'MIXED FEELINGS' FOR ONE OF THREE LOCAL ESTATE HEIRS By JACK MINCH, Lowell SunĪpAuction of Kerouac manuscript 'blasphemy' by John Ezard Kerouac Manuscript Auctioned for a Record $2.2 Million - By Ellen Wulfhorst - Reuters, by Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, March 22, 2001 Kerouac's Road Scroll Is Going to Auction Kerouac's On the Road scroll tour - Kerouac's scroll begins 2004 museum tour Of On The Road that were published by the New York Times inĪre about the sale of the On The Road scroll on May 22, 2001. "On The Road" Scroll quick links to articles on the page.ĭHARMA beat brings you the following articles Have served to make the experience more complete.Ĭlick here to see a closeup of the beginning of the scroll. The exhibits surrounding the scroll change from each venue, but in each case Seeing the actual mythical scroll, but of the exhibit that accompanied it as well.
People were not only pleased with the experience of Word for word (almost) as Kerouac originally composed it. Note - In 2002, NY Public Library acquired a major portion of the remaining
The end of his life (and which remained together until the late 1990s). The Kerouac community were concerned that the auction was the beginning of theīreakup of the archive which Kerouac himself meticulously maintained until The sale was slightly controversial at the time, as some people in It made stops in San Francisco, Denver, New York City, and Lowell, with other stops inbetween.Īccounts of the May 2001 auction. Indianapolis Colts professional football team), had been displaying the scroll during a world wide tour that started in 2004. And 2011 will see the release of the On The Road movie. On the 50th anniversay of the original publication of On The Road, Viking published the scroll version of the book, using the real names as it was written in the scroll. Influences finished on an April day in 1951 that was eventually publishedīy Viking in September 1957 found itself being sold on to Jim Irsay for $2.2 million (plusīuyer's premium) at Christies Auction House in New York City. Typed in a non-stop 3 week writing marathon fueled by coffee and possibly other illicit
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