On the Road to Desolation
On the Road to Desolation
Watch on the road to desolation HDToday. 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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
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- Director: David Stewart
- Cast: John Suiter, Maxine Franklin, Tom Clark, Joyce Johnson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Giroux, John Sampas, Adele Mailer, Ann Douglas, Carolyn Cassady, Steve Allen, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,
