Who is LuAnne Henderson aka Marylou?

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Mrs. Neal Cassady 1

The "golden beauty" MaryLou was,in real life LuAnne Henderson.Neal Cassady married the fifteen year old LuAnne in 1945.By 1948 he had divorced LuAnne and was married to Carolyn Cassady.By 1949,when the trip described by Kerouac in On The Road took place,Neal was cheating on his wife,with his ex-wife LuAnne.

The trip started on the eening of January 19,1949 as Kerouac,Cassady,LuAnne and Al Hinkle departed New York City through the Lincoln tunnel en route to see William S. Burroughs in New Orleans.

Kerouac's biographer,Gerald Nicosia writes's Jack feeling for LuAnne ran deep."In New Orleans Jack and LuAnne went to park together,smoke some marijuana,and then Kerouac described to LuAnne all the different he saw on the clouds.Eight years later in San Francisco's Golden State Park,Jack and LuAnne would again to be together.Holding her hand,Jack would tell her,sadly "I don't see any thing in the clouds anymore."

LuAnne was one of the earliest "Beat Muses".She was beautiful with long curly hair,blue eyes and a wild spirit.She did much to inspire and inflames the passion of Kerouac and Cassady.More than an accoutrement,LuAnne Henderson was an accomplice.
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