{"product_id":"the-first-third-other-writings-by-neal-cassady-revised-expanded-paperback-1991-city-lights","title":"The First Third \u0026 Other Writings by Neal Cassady [REVISED \u0026 EXPANDED PAPERBACK] 1991 • City Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Third \u0026amp; Other Writings by Neal Cassady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVISED + EXPANDED EDITION PAPERBACK [1991] CITY LIGHTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e10th Trade Paperback printing \/ 1991, revised and expanded with a new prologue. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook is in excellent condition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike new with minor trace shelf wear.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmortalized 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the original much lost-and-found book of autobiographical writing by the \"real life hero\" of Jack Kerouac's On the Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Prologue has never before been published, and the entire \"First Third\" has been revised and reset according to the final revisions by the author recently discovered through Ed McClanahan and Ken Babbs. The saga of the final manuscript's recovery is recounted in an After-word by Carolyn Cassady, and there is a new Editor's Note by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBefore he died in Mexico in 1968, just four days short of his 44th birthday, Neal Cassady had written the jacketblurb for this book: \"Seldom has there been a story of 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....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is a collation of the actual writing Cassady did, and does not include transcriptions of the myriad, scattered tape-recordings he made mostly during a later period (what might be called the \"second third\" of his life) when Kerouac dropped out of his speeding sights and he drove Ken Kesey's bus with its destination-sign reading FURTHER  He never got to live the \"last third.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49042088362233,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/thefirstthird-1.jpg?v=1789116647","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-first-third-other-writings-by-neal-cassady-revised-expanded-paperback-1991-city-lights","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}