Chasing Moriarity

January / February, 2013

Chasing MoriarityBack before he hit the road with Sal Paradise, Dean Moriarty made his mark in Denverean couldn't have beenmore than 15 years oldwhen he wandered infrom the street. It wasonly that many yearsbefore, in 1927, thatDean was born, in Salt^ Lake City; at a time whenfor some godforsaken reason,some forgotten, pitiably American,restless reason his father and mother were driving in a jalopy from Iowa to L.A. in search of something, maybe they figured to start an orange grove or find a ri...