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Loading... Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Heroby David Sandison, Graham Vickers
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A comprehensive portrait of a Beat Generation Legend that attempts to demythologize the cornucopia of myths swirling around Neal Cassady. However, his life makes such an interesting read that it remains mythological. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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 No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.931092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Bush Administration And Beyond George W. BushLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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