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08/23/2007 - Updated 02:07 PM ET
 
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By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY

Jack's back!

Part of the legend of Jack Kerouac is that in 1951, fueled by Benzedrine, he sat at a typewriter with one long scroll of paper and within three weeks wrote the novel that became On the Road. A revised version was published on Sept. 5, 1957, and its 50th anniversary is being marked by reappraisals, reissues and the first publication of Kerouac's original scroll.

- New books celebrate 'On the Road;' listen to an exclusive audio excerpt from 'Original Scroll'


Rambling man: Jack Kerouac's On the Road was released 50 years ago. The author died in 1969.

 
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