Saturday, April 9, 2022

Happy heavenly birthday to Al Hinkle

                                 


Al Hinkle was born on this date -- April 9 -- in 1926. He was represented in Jack Kerouac's works as follows: Big Ed Dunkel in On The Road; Slim Buckle in Desolation Angels and Visions of Cody; Ed Buckle in Book of Dreams; and, Al Buckle in Lonesome Traveler.

Regular readers need no introduction to Hinkle. He is one of the only core Beat Generation figures that I had the pleasure of meeting. We remembered him (belatedly) on December 27 -- click HERE.

Happy Birthday in Beat heaven, Mr. Hinkle.


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