Neal Cassady inspired Jack Kerouac in other, profound ways as well. In December 1950, he wrote Kerouac an 18-page letter which recounted his wild love affair with a woman named “Joan.” ...

Neal Cassady, left, and Jack Kerouac. Long before he was Jack Kerouac's muse for "On The Road," the Merry Pranksters' bus driver, and "Cowboy Neal" to the Grateful Dead, Beat literature icon Neal ...

Neal Cassady, inspiration for the Beat Generation, was one of the most powerful literary and pop-culture figures to emerge in the twentieth century. He spent most of his early life in Denver, yet ...

The Neal Cassady project, however, allows him to channel his interest in the 1950s and ’60s into a project of his. “I’m interested in honoring and remembering historical figures that were ...

Neal’s wife Carolyn wrote one called “Off the Road,” which offers a woman’s perspective on a largely male cultural movement — and which is often not flattering to Cassady or Kerouac.

Neal Cassady (l.) and Jack Kerouac pose together in Chuck Workman’s ‘The Source.’ (Carolyn Cassady) Front and center of this new mad swirl is Kerouac’s famous muse, Neal Cassady.

Neal cassady birthday weekend events. Friday, Feb. 6. 8 p.m. Neal Cassady Birthday Bash featuring the David Amram Quartet. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St. Tickets: $20.

Carolyn Cassady, the lover of Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac and the wife of Kerouac’s road companion Neal Cassady, the “Dean Moriarty” of Kerouac’s 1957 novel “On The Road,” died ...

The actor tells THR about the dreams of his youth and clears up some misconceptions about Neal Cassady, the man he plays in the long-anticipated film. 'On the Road': Garrett Hedlund's Unlikely 10 ...