On the Road to Desolation

Name: On the Road to Desolation
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1997-10-11
Duration: 50 min
Cast: John Suiter, Maxine Franklin, Tom Clark, Joyce Johnson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

1997 · David Stewart · 50 min

Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a fire-watcher on Washington state's Desolation Peak. After this stint he was never the same creative force again.

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