In a message dated 11/8/99 6:55:55 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Well I just happen to be doing a 10-page report on the history of The Beat Generation, so if you find something, let me know! If you want beat lingo in a book, Try Cassidy or Kerouac, they used alot of slang. >> My freshman year of college, I did a beat generation paper, and I found a fabulous book: Its by one of Neal Cassidy's, Carolyn Cassidy, and its called something like "Off the Road: my life with Neal Cassidy and Jack Kerouac". I'm not sure how much beat slang is in there, but it is supposedly a really great semi-biography. There are a lot of great ties with "On the Road" in it, too. I used it as a huge resource for my paper. On that note, a movie to find would be "Pull My Daisy". Its rather strange, and sort of a home video, but its got Neal Cassidy, Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg, etc. in it. It was filmed in SF, I think, and it probably has a lot of slang in it. Michael D can probably fill you in on more; he's sort of a beat connoisseur. Margaux
