On the Road to Desolation
1997
History, Documentary | 11 October 1997
Carolyn Cassady, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg
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.
