In 1950 his novel ‘The Town and the City’ was published with the title “John Kerouac” which earned several readers and a name for him but the book did not sell well. From this period Jack strived for six more years writing regularly to come up with a good book. He made many drafts and gave various titles like “The Beat Generation” and “Gone on the Road” for his novel “On the Road” which he completed writing in April 1951. Initially “On the Road” got continuously rejected by publishers because of its experimental flavour and its high sympathetic tone towards minorities and marginalized social groups of post-War America. The book had many controversial (according to the time’s publishers) aspects like graphic descriptions of drug use and homosexual behaviour discussed discretely. According to Kerouac “On the Road” was, “…really a story about two Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God. And we found him. I found him in the sky, in Market Street San Francisco (those 2 visions), and Dean (Neal) had God sweating out of his forehead all the way. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT FOR THE HOLY MAN: HE MUST SWEAT FOR GOD. And once he has found Him, the Godhood of God is forever Established and really must not be spoken about.”
Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jack-kerouac-202.php#8Dc2IFq6r76ZXKIC.99