Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero

Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero
by David Sandison, Graham Vickers

Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero
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Author: David Sandison, Graham Vickers
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-01
ISBN: 1556526156
Number of pages: 340
Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary of Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero

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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