Product Description: Off the Road tells the intimate story of the legendary Neal Cassady and his remarkable friendships 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 and intimate 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...read more

The wife of Beat Generation icon Neal Cassady presents a vivid account of her turbulent but exciting years with such figures as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Reprint.

Encompassing more than twenty years in the life of one of the leading lights of the Beat Generation, this collection of more than two hundred letters includes Cassady's correspondence with his wife, Carolyn, as well as with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, and other members of his literary milieu. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: This is Carolyn Cassady's story of her life at the centre of the beat generation. In 1948, at the age of 25, she married Neal Cassady. Less than ten years after their marriage, he had become a living legend, his wild spirit immortalized in the character of Dean Moriarty, the heroic traveller in Jack Kerouac's "On The Road"...read more

Carolyn Cassady tells the story of her unusual relationship with two of the leaders of the Beat generation: her husband Neal Cassady and his closest friend, author Jack Kerouac whom she also loved