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. fact, the original manuscript of On the Road is a continuous scrol made by taping racing paper end to end The scroll is typewritten, has no margins no paragraph indents, and is single-spaced. It still exists, it was purchased by a private collector in 2001 and can be viewed by the public whenever it is on in tour. It was displayed at the New York Public 2007 and at the University Texas at Austin in 2008