Neal Cassady

The Fast Life of a Beat Hero

Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: David Sandison, Graham Vickers ISBN: 9781569762332
Publisher: Chicago Review Press Publication: April 1, 2007
Imprint: Chicago Review Press Language: English
Author: David Sandison, Graham Vickers
ISBN: 9781569762332
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication: April 1, 2007
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Language: English

This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. A charismatic, funny, articulate, and formidably intelligent man, Cassady was also a compulsive womanizer who lived life on the edge. His naturalistic, conversational writing style inspired Kerouac, who lifted a number of passages verbatim and uncredited from Cassady’s letters for significant episodes in On the Road. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with full cooperation from central figures in his life-including Carolyn Cassady and Ken Kesey-this account captures Cassady’s unique blend of inspired lunacy and deep spirituality.

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This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. A charismatic, funny, articulate, and formidably intelligent man, Cassady was also a compulsive womanizer who lived life on the edge. His naturalistic, conversational writing style inspired Kerouac, who lifted a number of passages verbatim and uncredited from Cassady’s letters for significant episodes in On the Road. Drawing on a wealth of new research and with full cooperation from central figures in his life-including Carolyn Cassady and Ken Kesey-this account captures Cassady’s unique blend of inspired lunacy and deep spirituality.

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