Having taken meticulous notes and planned the novel during
his cross-country travels, JACK KEROUAC wrote the first draft
of On the Road in a three-week burst of creativity, taping
sheets of paper together so they could run through his
typewriter uninterrupted. After a cross-country exhibition
tour, the original scroll has returned to Lowell’s Boott
Cotton Mills Museum, where its display will be part of "ON
THE ROAD IN LOWELL,” a festival of readings, musical performances,
and art exhibits (see www.ontheroadinlowell.org) planned around
the 50th anniversary of On the Road. The Beat Generation is
reborn at Lowell National Historical Park, 115 John St,
Lowell June 15–September 14 [reception June 15: 6-9 pm]