First story so much like a travelogue-- spontaneous, adventurous, quite enthralling. The second story was more like a journal-essay sort, about hobos and homeless stuff. Kerouac on the image of hobo and being a hobo himself-- fascinating on the detailing. I find this intriguing cause I know a certain general facts about homeless/hobos/bums before but reading Kerouac making me getting the root idea of them. Not bad, overall this little book was okay.