Jack Kerouac typed the manuscript for ON THE ROAD single spaced without margins or paragraph breaks on a 120’scroll in 3 weeks in the spring of 1951.
On the Road
The Most Frequently Stolen Books
According to Publishers Weekly, the books that are stolen the most from bookstores are the same across the country. They are:
- anything by Charles Bukowski tops the list
- anything by William S. Burrows
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- The New York Trilogy by Paul Aster
- anything by Martin Amis
Interestingly, public libraries report that the most stolen books are how-to books, the Bible, and anything to do with witchcraft, the occult, UFOs, or astrology.
Bound 4 Escape 