LOWELL, Mass. -- Jack Kerouac's on...

LOWELL, Mass. -- Jack Kerouac's onward the Road will be published in its unedited original volute version by Viking Press, which published the Beat Generation classic in September 1957

John Sampas, executor of the writer's literary estate, said he has signed a contract with Viking, an imprint of Penguin collection USA. He hopes the work will be public by the end of nearest year, the 50th anniversary of the publication.

In 1951 Kerouac typ in succession the Road on long sheets of tracing paper. Published six years later, the work became an icon of the subculture of intellectuals, writers, musicians and rebels.

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