Douglas Brinkley's "The Majic Bus" (1993)

New York City: Harcourt Brace & Company (book), 1993.
9.25" x 7.25" x 1.25", 513 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, ISBN 0-15-155694-6.

The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey, a book describing a long road trip around the United States by Douglas Brinkley, as published in hardcover with dust jacket by Harcourt Brace & Company (New York City) in 1993. 

Chapter 9 of this book, "William S. Burroughs and the Sunflower State," centers on Lawrence, Kansas, and William S. Burroughs. In this chapter, Jim McCrary — poet, former office manager for Burroughs, and Burroughs' friend — is also discussed.

Not in Shoaf.
Not in Schottlaender.

Contents: 

• Introduction
• 1. "There is No Truth But in Transit: The Making of 'An American Odyssey'"
• 2. "Frank Perugi and His 'Majic Bus'"
• 3. "Virginia Is for Lovers of Thomas Jefferson and Sam Shepard"
• 4. "In Thomas Wolfe Country with Georgia on Our Minds"
• 5. "Back from the Wind: Atlanta and New Orleans"
• 6. "Into the Mississippi Delta"
• 7. "Chicago: Our Kind of Town"
• 8. "From Lincoln's Springfield to Truman's Independence"
• 9. "William S. Burroughs and the Sunflower State"
• 10. "The New Age, Buddhism, and Boulder"
• 11. "The Rocky Mountains and Mesa Verde National Park"
• 12. "Billy the Kid, D. H. Lawrence, and the Land of Enchantment"
• 13. "Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Route 66, and the Grand Canyon"
• 14. "Slot Machines and Neon Lights in the Mojave Desert"
• 15. "Santa Barbara and Carmel (Or, Looking for Clint Eastwood in Steinbeck Country)"
• 16. "San Francisco: The Gold and White Acropolis"
• 17. "Redwood Battles, Bigfoot, Paul Bunyan, and Earthquakes"
• 18. "Further with Ken Kesey and Bob Dylan in the Grunge Belt"
• 19. "The Badlands, Black Hills, and Cattle Branding"
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments
• Selected Bibliography