Ted Morgan's "Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs" (1988)

New York City: Henry Holt and Company (book, biography), 1988.
9.25" x 6.375" x 2.125", 659 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, ISBN 0-8050-0901-9.

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs by Ted Morgan (born Sanche de Gramont, "Ted Morgan" being an anagram of "de Gramont"), as first published in hardcover by Henry Holt and Company (New York City) in 1988. Jacket design by Robert Anthony with a photograph of William S. Burroughs by Bill Belli. Back cover photo of Burroughs at the Los Alamos Boys Ranch School. Book design by Victoria Hartman.

This is the primary biography of William S. Burroughs, completed with Burroughs' participation. This covers his years up to 1988. 

This copy is my reading copy, first printing, which I have had since the 1990's. 

In the archive, I additionally have Charles and Pam Plymell's copy, received with a signed letter from Ted Morgan, photographs of Charles Plymell with Ted Morgan, and Ted Morgan's address on one of the Plymell's Rolodex cards. 

I also have Beat Hotel resident Roger Knoebber's copy, inscribed to him by both William S. Burroughs and Beat Hotel resident Nick Smart. 

Shoaf IV.124.
Schottlaender v4.H33A.

Contents: 

• Note on Method
• Prologue: The Induction, 1983
• 1. St. Louis: 1914-1931
• 2. Los Alamos: 1929-1932
• 3. Cambridge: 1932-1938
• 4. New York: 1939-1941
• 5. Chicago and New York: 1942-1944
• 6. "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks": 1944
• 7. Junk: 1945-1946
• 8. Texas: 1947-1948
• 9. Louisiana: 1948-1949
• 10. Mexico: 1949-1952
• 11. Columbia: 1953
• 12. Tangier: 1954-1958
• 13. Paris: 1958-1960
• 14. Naked Lunch: 1959-1966
• 15. Burroughs Meets Leary: 1960-1961
• 16. Burroughs at Large: 1962-1965
• 17. The London Years: 1966-1973
• 18. New York: 1974-1976
• 19. Billy: 1974-1981
• 20. The Bunker: 1976-1981
• 21. Lawrence: 1981-1988
• Acknowledgments and Sources
• Notes
• Index