Jack Kerouacwas one of the original Beats a group of cutting edge writers and artists that emerged during the 1950s .Daring, rebellious, intelligent, and mobile, the Beats gavevoice to a new generation. Kerouac's work is on the novel inspired by cross-country road trips. The book was reputedly written in a full-throttle three-week creative frenzy. in fact, the original manuscript of On the Road is a continuous scroll made by taping tracing paper end to end.