Brian Hassett's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac" (2015)

n.p.: Gets Things Done Publishing (book, memoir, biography), 2015.
9" x 6" x 1", 436 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-9947262-0-9.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac by Brian Hassett, a softcover memoir published by Gets Things Done Publishing (n.p.) in 2015 [fifth printing pictured]. Cover design and production by David Wills. Front cover photo by Barry Floch.

This is an enthusiastic memoir of following the Beats in the early 1980’s. There are many minor references to Burroughs in this book, with a view of Burroughs in the context of Naropa, Boulder, and the Boulderado Hotel, yet the focus is on the other Beats.

Contents:

• John Allen Cassady: introduction
• Brian Hassett: 
• 1. The Sequence of Synchronicity
• 2. Hit the Road Jack
• 3. Dancin' to the Boulder Boogie
• 4. Meeting Your Heroes 101
• 5. Opening Night – Allen, Gurus and Daisies
• 6. Why the Sixties Followed the Fifties
• 7. On-Stage Dynamics
• 8. Holmes Is Where the Heart Is
• 9. The Professor in the Park with the Knife
• 10. The Boulderado Dash
• 11. The Along Comes Kesey
• 12. The Chatauqua Porch Scene
• 13. Jack Manifested as Music
• 14. Hiding Out in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
• 15. Cassady Comes Alive
• 16. The Beat of the Rolling Stones
• 17. Life Lessons from McClure
• 18. School's Out
• 19. Historic Meetings
• 20. Show Production and Film Crews
• 21. The Saturday Night Summit at the Summit
• 22. A Sunday in the Park with Kesey
• 23. The Realist
• 24. The Oracle
• 25. Paradise to Heaven
• 26. The Airplane Hanger in Marin
• 27. The San Francisco Adventure
• 28. On the Road to Kesey's
• 29. The Chief
• 30. Babbs and the Bus
• 31. Follow Your Star
• 32. Song of the Road I Sing
• The Dessert Menu:
• Where Jack Went After Boulder
• IN MEMORIAM or... Love the Living in Your Life
• Love the Living
• The Five Documentaries Shot at the Summit
• The Birth of the Book
• The Sources
• Acknowledgement and Gratitude
• Photo Credits
• Index