THE DAILY BEAT: Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends

I had left this book by Bob Kealing at camp last year and never started reading it until Saturday. It's so good I decided to bring it home for the "pile," where it competes with Beat Atlas, Mexico City Blues, The Dunwich Horror and Others, and A Clash of Kings. I read a bit in each every night, more on weekends if I can.

Could I please find a job where all I have to do is read books I want to read?

1 comment:

Baltimore Colts fan said...: This indeed is a VERY cool book, one of my favorites in the "non-fiction, biographical" realm of Kerouac.

Highly recommended to all!; June 13, 2011 at 6:42 AM

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Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."