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  • The First Third & Other Writings

  • By: Neal Cassady
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Immortalized as Dean Moriarty by Jack Kerouac in his epic novel, On the Road, Neal Cassady was infamous for his unstoppable energy and his overwhelming charm, his savvy hustle and his devil-may-care attitude. A treasured friend and traveling companion of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Ken Kesey, to name just some of his cohorts on the beatnik path, Cassady lived life to the fullest, ready for inspiration at any turn.

Before he died in Mexico in 1968, just four days shy of his 42nd birthday, Cassady had written the jacket blurb for this book: "Seldom has there been a story of a man so balled up. No doubt many readers will not believe the veracity of the author, but I assure these doubting Thomases that every incident, as such, is true."

As Ferlingetti writes in his editor's note, Cassady was "an early prototype of the urban cowboy who a hundred years ago might have been an outlaw on the range." Here are his autobiographical writings, the rambling American saga of a truly free individual.

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An Insight into Kerouacs Muse.

Neal Cassady was an important figure, in the
Beat Generation movement of the late 1950's/
early 1960's. He especially inspired Jack Kerouac and featured in his masterpiece, "On
The Road" (1957) as Dean Moriarty.
However, his writings as shown here are less important. They are of ìnterest, in as far as we
can compare Kerouacs fictional Moriarty with the "real life" Cassady, but the writings themself are a mixed bunch.
Luke Daniels does what he can with his narration, but his source material just lacks that
oomph !

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