About the Book:

     Life has its ups and downs, pitfalls, and precipices and Rick Dale’s entertaining and inspirational book, The Beat Handbook: 100 Days of Kerouactions, explains how to traverse and transcend each of them using a unique spin on the philosophy of the “King of the Beats,” Jack Kerouac. Part nonfiction how-to, part memoir, and part journal, The Beat Handbook lays out one hundred days of reading, writing, and introspection that can help you find your inner “Beat.” Kerouac was the founder of the beat generation, that unique age group just before the hippies of the 1960s. Inspired by Kerouac’s On The Road and The Dharma Bums, Dale uses humor and whimsy to bring an old perspective on living and loving life into a fresh context. This is a must read for anyone looking for a new perspective on life, or maybe just a good time.

About the Author:

     Rick Dale has a D.Ed. in Educational Administration from Pennsylvania State University, and is a professor in the Special Education Department at a state university in Maine. He is a Jack Kerouac enthusiast who plays bluegrass music semi-professionally and enjoys a multitude of outdoor sports. Rick lives with his partner and her two sons—and two cats—on a lake in Maine. This is his first book.