Photo of Neal Cassady watching for cops while waiting for Ken Kesey, Oakland 1965
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The only book Neal Cassady ever wrote, this volume was originally published by City Lights in 1971. It is a collection of writings about Neal Cassady's life prior to meeting up with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg (what might be called "the second third" of his life). He never got to live "the last third". This book contains letters to Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey, as well as fragments of other writings concerning topics ranging from "Autoeroticism" to "The History of the Hip Generation". Jack Kerouac often said his spontaneous prose was modeled on Neal Cassady's letter writing style and it's easy to make the connection here. A must for any Neal Cassady fan. Paperback, 157 pages
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Off the Road tells the intimate story of the now legendary Neal Cassady and his remarkable friendship with Jack Kerouac (who immortalized Cassady as Dean Moriarty in On the Road) and Allen Ginsberg. Written by the woman who loved them all—as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac, and friend of Ginsberg—this riveting memoir spans one of the most vital eras in twentieth-century literature and culture, including the explosive successes of Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl, the flowering of the Beat movement, and the social revolution of the 1960s. Carolyn Cassady reveals a side of Neal Cassady rarely seen—that of husband and father, a man who craved respectability, yet could not resist the thrills of a wider and ultimately more destructive lifestyle.
In zine version, this is a continuation of the previous biography on Neal Cassady. Both versions contain interviews and detailed information. Magazine, 95 pages
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This is a fantastic black and white 27 x 19 inch poster of the photograph of Jack & Neal taken by Carolyn Cassady in San Francisco in 1952. This is the same picture that is on the cover of The First Third. (All of our posters are sent to you rolled, and in a heavy protective tube, for safe shipment.)
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