On the Road to Desolation
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.
- Year : 1997
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- Genre : Documentary, History
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- Director : David Stewart
- Cast : John Suiter, Maxine Franklin, Tom Clark, Joyce Johnson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Giroux