| LONESOME TRAVELER (McGraw-Hill, September 1960) | ||
| A collection of Kerouac's shorter writings, put together by McGraw-Hill editor Gray Williams: | ||
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"PIERS OF THE HOMELESS NIGHT" (Previously unpublished. Draft version titled "Visions of Deni", c.1953) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Deni Bleu | Henri Cru | |
| Paul Lyman | John Holman | |
| Harry McKinley | ? | |
| Matthew Peters | Peter Murray | |
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"MEXICAN FELAHEEN" (Parts first published as "The Last Word" in Escapade, December 1959, plus "The Statue of Christ" in Jubilee, June 1958) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Enrique | Enrique Villanueva | |
| Gerardo | Girardo Villanueva | |
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"THE RAILROAD EARTH" (Originally published as "October in the Railroad Earth" in The Black Mountain Review 7, Autumn 1957 and in Evergreen Review 2, 1957, plus "Conclusion of the Railroad Earth" in Evergreen Review 11, 1960) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Al Buckle | Al Hinkle | |
| Slim Holmes Hubbard | William "Big Slim" Holmes Hubbard | |
| Charley Low | Charley Mew | |
| Ray Miles | Roy Brooks | |
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"SLOBS OF THE KITCHEN SEA" (Previously unpublished. Draft version titled "Gnashing Phantoms and Hot Ports", June 1953 notebook.) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Gavril | ? | |
| Ted Joyner | Fred Weaver | |
| Chauncey Preston | ? | |
| Al Sublette | Al Sublette | |
| Georgie "The Polock" Varewski | Stanley Heiducki | |
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"NEW YORK SCENES" (Originally published as "The Roaming Beatniks" in Holiday, October 1959. Parts written by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso. It also incorporated Kerouac's sketch "3rd Ave Bar" which was later published as part of Book of Sketches (2006). The original, unedited article has been republished in Kerouac & Friends, by Fred W. McDarrah (1985), pages 86-93.) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Raymond Bremser | Ray Bremser | |
| Iris Brodie | Iris Brody | |
| Jack Fitzgerald | John Fitzgerald | |
| Mary Frank | Mary Frank | |
| Tony Fruscella | Tony Fruscella | |
| Bill Heine | Bill Heine | |
| Hunkey | Herbert Huncke | |
| Leroi Jones | LeRoi Jones | |
| Franz Klein | Franz Kline | |
| Lee Konitz | Lee Konitz | |
| Charley Mills | Charles Mills | |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Monk | |
| Dody Muller | Dody Muller | |
| Lester Young | Lester Young | |
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"ALONE ON A MOUNTAINTOP" (Originally published in Holiday, October 1958) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Andy | Andy Wilcox | |
| Marty Gohlke | Marty Gohlke | |
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"BIG TRIP TO EUROPE" (Originally published as "Tangier to London: A Beatnik Pilgrimage" in Holiday, February 1960. Parts also included in "The Last Word," published in Escapade, August 1960.) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Bill / William Seward Burroughs | William Burroughs | |
| Jim | ? | |
| "my London agent" | Cyrus Brooks | |
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"THE VANISHING AMERICAN HOBO" (Originally published in Holiday, March 1960. Part written by Gregory Corso.) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Lou Jenkins | Lou Jenkins | |
| Vachel Lindsay | Vachel Lindsay | |
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