Zach Bryan donates Jack Kerouac’s On The Road scroll to museum after $12m auction

Zach Bryan donates Jack Kerouac’s On The Road scroll to museum after $12m auction

Last year, the country music star bought a church in Lowell, Massachusetts, that will become the Jack Kerouac Center

Jack Kerouac Superfan Zach Bryan Spent Over $12 Million On A Kerouac Scroll For His Kerouac Museum

Getty Image Some historical items from the collection of late former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay were auctioned off recently. Among the items sold a few days ago was author Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for his 1957 novel On The Road, which he famously typed on a single scroll of paper that’s about 120 feet long. It’s quite the piece of history for Kerouac fans, and the new owner is one of the writer’s biggest enthusiasts: Zach Bryan…

Manuscript of On the Road will be donated to a museum after raising $12 million at auction – The Observatorial

Zach Bryan acquired the original manuscript of On the way, by Jack Kerouac; the manuscript of Dharma wanderers, and a collection of personal letters, and plans to donate these literary treasures to a new museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, the author’s hometown. These objects were part of a huge pop culture collection assembled by billionaire Jim […]

On the Road Scroll to Be Displayed at Jack Kerouac Museum Following Zach Bryan Purchase

The Estate of Jack Kerouac has confirmed that the scroll for On the Road will be housed displayed at the Jack Kerouac Center following its purchase by Zach Bryan at auction for $12.1 million.