Off The Road

Off the Road

Review"A great book as well as a wonderful autobiography." - Washington Post Book World"A poignant recollection--truthful, coarse, and inviting-- teeming with the spirit of the men who inspired and symbolized the dreams of a generation." - San Francisco Chronicle"This is the book to be read in tandem with Kerouacs On the Road, Ginsberg's Howl, and Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It fits like the lost half of a broken plate." - The Literary ReviewWritten 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. Carolyn Cassady reveals a side of Neal Cassady rarely seen-that of husband and father, a man who craved respectability, yet could not resist the thrills of a wilder and ultimately more destructive lifestyle.About the AuthorCAROLYN CASSADY was born in Michigan, graduated from Bennington College, Vermont, and earned her MA in fine Arts and Theater Arts from the University of Denver. While at Denver, she met Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, and in 1948 she and Cassady married in San Francisco.