Neal Cassady--I just purchased "First Third" by Cassady--Kerouac's buddy, Kesey's buddy, quite a guy

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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. He was prominently featured as himself in the original "scroll" (first draft) version, and served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty, in Jack Kerouac's 1957 version of the novel On the Road. In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Cassady

I was always a beat fan. I have read everything by Kerouac, even his daughter's book 'Baby Driver',
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Gregory Corso, Alan Ginsberg.
Now on to Cassady.