Overview
Neal Cassady is best remembered today as Jack Kerouacās muse and the basis for the character āDean Moriartyā in Kerouacās classic On The Road, and as one of Ken Keseyās merriest of Merry Pranksters, the driver of the psychedelic bus āFurther,ā immortalized in Tom Wolfeās The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. This collection brings together more than two hundred letters to Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, and other Beat generation luminaries, as well as correspondence between Neal and his wife, Carolyn. These amazing letters cover Cassadyās life between the ages of 18 and 41 and finish just months before his death in February 1968. Brilliantly edited by Dave Moore, this unique collection presents the āSoul of the Beat Generationā in his own wordsāsometimes touching and tender, sometimes bawdy and hilarious.Ā Here is the real Neal Cassadyāraw and uncut.
This book title, Collected Letters, 1944-1967, ISBN: 9780142002179, by Neal Cassady, Dave Moore, Carolyn Cassady, published by Penguin Publishing Group (January 25, 2005) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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