THE DAILY BEAT: 7th sentence of the 7th book

Thursday, March 7, 2019

7th sentence of the 7th book

Friedrich Nietzsche

The 7th book on my Kerouac bookshelf is yet another copy of Jack Kerouac's On The Road (Penguin Books, 1999), and the 7th sentence (in honor of today being the 7th day of the month) is:

I was tremendously interested in the letters because they so naïvely and sweetly asked Chad to teach him about Nietzsche and all the wonderful intellectual things that Chad knew. (p. 1)

Chad influenced Dean who influenced Sal (i.e., in real life, Hal Chase influenced Neal Cassady who influenced Jack Kerouac).

Can you name your influencers' influencers?

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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."