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Very Fine First Edition in like dust jacket of the late author s typically eccentric, completely whacky and wholly entertaining reexamination of the Merry Pranksters 1964 voyage in the psychedelic bus they named The Further. In fact, the book is a marvellous meditation on the sixties and, in particular, the trial of the spirit of the famous or infamous, depending upon one s point of view Neal Cassady, the Dean Moriarty character in On the Road and the character whom Kesey called the father of us all . Book contains more than 150 previously unpublished photos by Ron Hassler Bevirt. A wonderful collector s copy signed by Kesey as well as the following. Chet Helms, Janis Joplin s producer and friend, one of the two premier San Francisco promoters and founder of The Family Dog (who inscribed it I missed the bus ) Paul Krassner (co-founder in 1968 of the Yippies or Youth International Party, political street theatre, father of the of the famed underground press, Merry Prankster, founder/publisher of investigative journalism/satirical magazine The Realist; Mountain Girl (Ken Kesey s lover, ardent Merry Prankster, & Jerry Garcia s wife of many years real name Carolyn Adams); Wavy G[ravy], founder of the Hog Farm Commune & major Counterculture poet; Eileen Kaufman, wife of Beat poet Bob Kaufman; George Walker; Merry Prankster Ken Babbs, Kesey s best friend & right-hand man they were inseparable; and Merry Prankster Pat Monahan. Also, on the rear endpaper, Wavy G signed again with the inscription: They say Kesey s dead but never trust a prankster even underground.

'The Further Inquiry' is a reflection by Ken Kesey on the Merry Pranksters and their cross-country journey in their psychedelic bus.