A question for Mr. Dave Moore

<MP50.DeleteThis@angelfire.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Dave,
>
> A while back you had mentioned another book in progress about Neal
> Cassady, other then Fast Life of a Beat Hero. Can you post the data
> regarding that book again and when and if it will be published?
>
> Thanks again.


Hi,

I can only repeat what I posted to this newsgroup in February, that there is
another biography of Neal Cassady currently in the works, by Patrick Sawers.
I have no information on a possible publisher, or when it might eventually
appear.

Dave
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"Dan Fox" <danfoxartNOSPAM DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Question for Dave and anyone else - the new cassady bio seems great, but
> there are numerous factual errors that i've picked up just based on what i
> know -
>
>
> for example, they call burroughs the 'wealthy' grandson of the burroughs
> founder. he had a small allowance from his parents when he was young; they
> ran a gift shop. there was no inheritance or trust fund of any kind.
>
> second, they say that burroughs fathered two children with joan. no. billy
> was his only child.
>
> third, they refer to huncke as 'bisexual' he was exclusively homosexual.
>
> the burroughs stuff is very well-known. huncke told me himself that he was
> 'only a queer' and never liked women sexually.
>
> there is more, but you get the idea. so, i'm wondering: how about the
> rest
> of the research in the book - the stuff that is not well-known at all?
>
> comments?


Dan,

The points you raise are certainly valid. Not yet having seen the published
book myself I can't comment further at this stage.

Dave
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thanks again Dave. I am well into the book and so far the beginning is
a retelling of the data in the Tom Christopher volumes.

While scanning the book I was surprised at the small amount of data on
the Prankster years, considering that so many of the people who hung
out with Neal are still alive. Holy Goof at least got exclusive
interviews with Mountain Girl etc. Maybe I will find out differently
when I read more. Also, there is so much exclusive data regarding the
Prankster years on the net and in Grateful Dead bios that I would think
that a Neal bio would go all out on getting scoops.



Dave Moore wrote:
> "Dan Fox" <danfoxartNOSPAM.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:20060812181155.431$mQ@newsreader.com...
> >
> > Question for Dave and anyone else - the new cassady bio seems great, but
> > there are numerous factual errors that i've picked up just based on what i
> > know -
> >
> >
> > for example, they call burroughs the 'wealthy' grandson of the burroughs
> > founder. he had a small allowance from his parents when he was young; they
> > ran a gift shop. there was no inheritance or trust fund of any kind.
> >
> > second, they say that burroughs fathered two children with joan. no. billy
> > was his only child.
> >
> > third, they refer to huncke as 'bisexual' he was exclusively homosexual.
> >
> > the burroughs stuff is very well-known. huncke told me himself that he was
> > 'only a queer' and never liked women sexually.
> >
> > there is more, but you get the idea. so, i'm wondering: how about the
> > rest
> > of the research in the book - the stuff that is not well-known at all?
> >
> > comments?
>
>
> Dan,
>
> The points you raise are certainly valid. Not yet having seen the published
> book myself I can't comment further at this stage.
>
> Dave
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possibly the Huncke "bisexuality" mention is because Huncke probably
did, and I thinkk\ I recall reading of it, make it with women too, even
though his attentions did not go that way for the most part?

Notice at the beginning of the book where it says that the one of the
purposes of the book is to appeal to a new audience? I hope that is not
the primary reason since I am not new by any means and one gets tire of
reading rehashings. I only started the book however and kudos to the
uthors either way for their efforts


Dan Fox wrote:
> "MP50@angelfire.com" <MP50 RemoveThis @angelfire.com> wrote:
> > Hello Dave,
> >
> > A while back you had mentioned another book in progress about Neal
> > Cassady, other then Fast Life of a Beat Hero. Can you post the data
> > regarding that book again and when and if it will be published?
>
>
> second that request.
>
> Question for Dave and anyone else - the new cassady bio seems great, but
> there are numerous factual errors that i've picked up just based on what i
> know -
>
>
> for example, they call burroughs the 'wealthy' grandson of the burroughs
> founder. he had a small allowance from his parents when he was young; they
> ran a gift shop. there was no inheritance or trust fund of any kind.
>
> second, they say that burroughs fathered two children with joan. no. billy
> was his only child.
>
> third, they refer to huncke as 'bisexual' he was exclusively homosexual.
>
> the burroughs stuff is very well-known. huncke told me himself that he was
> 'only a queer' and never liked women sexually.
>
> there is more, but you get the idea. so, i'm wondering: how about the rest
> of the research in the book - the stuff that is not well-known at all?
>
> comments?
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that's where I read about his relationships with a woman. As usual,
thanks again Dave. If u can keep us posted on the other Neal book we
would appreciate it.


Dave Moore wrote:
> <MP50 DeleteThis @angelfire.com> wrote in message
> news:1155518613.880062.245290@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> > possibly the Huncke "bisexuality" mention is because Huncke probably
> > did, and I thinkk\ I recall reading of it, make it with women too, even
> > though his attentions did not go that way for the most part?
>
> Yes, I believe you are right. In "The Evening Sun Turned Crimson" Huncke
> writes of sharing an apartment (in the mid-1940s) with Vickie Russell at
> 102nd Street, New York:
>
> "We had a rather beautiful kind of love -- devoid of tension -- anxiety --
> and emotional violence. We were at peace with each other and I look back to
> that time with a deep feeling of gratitude." (p. 56)
>
> In his interview in tuvoti 3 (p. 10), Huncke also spoke of falling in love
> with Joan Vollmer Adams, who was later the common-law wife of William
> Burroughs.
>
> It does therefore seem that Huncke's love interests were not entirely
> homosexual.
>
>
> Dave
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<MP50.RemoveThis@angelfire.com> wrote in message
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> possibly the Huncke "bisexuality" mention is because Huncke probably
> did, and I thinkk\ I recall reading of it, make it with women too, even
> though his attentions did not go that way for the most part?

Yes, I believe you are right. In "The Evening Sun Turned Crimson" Huncke
writes of sharing an apartment (in the mid-1940s) with Vickie Russell at
102nd Street, New York:

"We had a rather beautiful kind of love -- devoid of tension -- anxiety --
and emotional violence. We were at peace with each other and I look back to
that time with a deep feeling of gratitude." (p. 56)

In his interview in tuvoti 3 (p. 10), Huncke also spoke of falling in love
with Joan Vollmer Adams, who was later the common-law wife of William
Burroughs.

It does therefore seem that Huncke's love interests were not entirely
homosexual.


Dave
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arrived today from amazon.




MP50 DeleteThis @angelfire.com wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> A while back you had mentioned another book in progress about Neal
> Cassady, other then Fast Life of a Beat Hero. Can you post the data
> regarding that book again and when and if it will be published?
>
> Thanks again.
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