About 50 years ago, a certain writer, who had spent a hectic few weeks trying to adapt years of complex notes and thoughts regarding his difficult, cross-country adventures with a friend, hauled a 120-foot-long typescript into his editor's office. The editor wasn't thrilled, but the gargantuan typescript -- recently on exhibition in various U.S. venues -- did become a famous and influential book. Who was the writer, and what is the book?

supersal1

Thats Jack Kerouac with "On The Road". http://www.literarytraveler.com/literary_articles/jack_kerouac_scroll.aspx Jun 30 07, 5:38 PM

zbeckabee

Jack Kerouac's continuous, 120-foot-long typescript for his 1957 classic On the Road http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_2_33/ai_75099637 Jun 30 07, 5:39 PM

lanfranco

Lovely, both of you. Today, I bought an antique Royal typewriter, and if I could give each of you a key I would. According to Gerald Nicosia (a Kerouac biographer) in today's Chicago Tribune book section, Kerouac "unrolled the manuscript in Robert Giroux's office at Harcourt, Brace, only to have his former editor rebuff him with the question, "How can I edit this thing, Jack?" Eventually, Kerouac retyped the roll onto conventional-size pages, but it was still rejected everywhere." Jun 30 07, 5:53 PM