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Events on Thursday 5 September 1957 1
1957On the Road publishedJack Kerouac's novel defines the Beat GenerationJack Kerouac's novel On the Road was published by Viking Press, becoming a defining text of the Beat Generation. Written in a spontaneous, semi-autobiographical style, it influenced countercultural movements for decades afterward.