Proper noun
Cassady (plural Cassadys)
A surname.
Ginsberg's Collected Poems contains a wonderful poem about making it with Neal Cassady. Thom Gunn
His online nickname (handle), CowboyNeal, is inspired by a Grateful Dead tribute to Neal Cassady in their song, "That's It for the Other One". Source: Internet
Howard “Hopalong” Cassady, 85. The 1955 Heisman Trophy winner at Ohio State and running back for the Detroit Lions. Source: Internet
He begins the poem with “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”, which sets the stage for Ginsberg to describe Cassady and Solomon, immortalizing them into American literature. Source: Internet
Kerouac saw them as the dark (Ginsberg) and light (Cassady) side of their "New Vision", a perception stemming partly from Ginsberg's association with communism, of which Kerouac had become increasingly distrustful. Source: Internet
Kerouac refers to this short novel in a letter addressed to Neal Cassady (who is commonly known as his inspiration for the character of Dean Moriarty) written on January 10, 1953, as Ann Charters and many other biographers had underscored. Source: Internet