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Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. Cassady published only two short fragments of prose in his lifetime, but exerted considerable intellectual and stylistic influence through his conversation and correspondence.
Apr 25, 2018 · Neal Cassady was one of the most prominent figures of the Beat Generation despite having never published a piece of work during his lifetime.
Dec 12, 2012 · The elder Neal Cassady introduced his son to a world of dissolute excess, freight-car hopping, and hitchhiking.
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Feb 4, 2023 · Neal Cassady was a literary and cultural icon who inspired Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead. He died on February 4th, 1968, after a lifetime of wild adventures on the road and a tragic end in Mexico.
Learn about the life and legacy of Neal Cassady, the inspiration for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and a key figure of the Beat Generation and the psychedelic movement. Find out how he influenced Kerouac, Ginsberg, Kesey and Wolfe with his driving skills, spontaneous prose and sexual adventures.
- February 8, 1926
- February 4, 1968
Mar 11, 2022 · “The time has come for me to write a full confession of my life to you,” Jack Kerouac typed thunderously to Neal Cassady in December 1950, in the first of a sequence of massive,...
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Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
