Herbert Huncke New York: The Poets Press, 1965. Marvin Tatum Collection of Contemporary Literature.

Like Neal Cassady and Gregory Corso, Herbert Huncke left home at an early age and learned to live on the street, engaging in petty crime and prostitution. He met Burroughs in a Times Square bar and quickly introduced him to New York's seamy drug culture. Huncke became a regular among the early Beat crowd and followed Burroughs to Texas, New Orleans, and Mexico. Huncke produced little in the way of literature; he was Beat inspiration in the flesh. Huncke's Journal is his personal account of adventures with his Beat friends.

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