| ON THE ROAD (Viking, 1957) (Written 1951-1954) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Aunt | Gabrielle Kerouac | |
| Mary Bettencourt | Helen Gullion | |
| Rita Bettencourt | Ruth Gullion | |
| Remi Boncoeur | Henri Cru | |
| Sam Brady | Jack Daly | |
| Ernest Burke | Henry Funderburk | |
| Camille | Carolyn Cassady | |
| Charity | Audace Rouse | |
| Dale | Kells Elvins | |
| Damion | Lucien Carr | |
| Gene Dexter | Gene Pippin | |
| Dodie | Julie Adams | |
| Denver D. Doll | Justin W. Brierly | |
| Dorie | Vickie Russell | |
| Ed Dunkel | Al Hinkle | |
| Galatea Dunkel | Helen Hinkle | |
| Walter Evans | Walter Adams | |
| "the famous director" | Gregory La Cava | |
| Ed Fournier | Ed Saucier | |
| Frankie | Adeline "Johnny" Johnson | |
| "Frankie's husband" | James Max Johnson | |
| Slim Gaillard | Slim Gaillard | |
| Angel Luz Garcia | Jose Garcia Villa | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie | |
| Betty Gray | Jeanie White | |
| Tim Gray | Ed White | |
| Wardell Gray | Wardell Gray | |
| Rollo Greb | Alan Ansen | |
| Elmer Hassel | Herbert Huncke | |
| William "Big Slim" Holmes Hazard | William "Big Slim" Holmes Hubbard | |
| Hal Hingham | Alan Harrington | |
| Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
| Billy Holliday | Billie Holiday | |
| "the hornman" | Connie Jordan | |
| Inez | Diana Hansen | |
| Willie Jackson | Willis Jackson | |
| Janet | Nancy Johnson | |
| Jimmy | Bill Johnson | |
| Dorothy Johnson | Helen Tomson | |
| Roy Johnson | Bill Tomson | |
| Jinny Jones | Jinny Baker Lehrman | |
| Connie Jordan | Connie Jordan | |
| Chad King | Hal Chase | |
| Laura | Joan Haverty Kerouac | |
| Jane Lee | Joan Burroughs | |
| Old Bull Lee | William S. Burroughs | |
| Lee Ann | Dianne Orin | |
| Lucille | Pauline Skobel | |
| Lucy | Sally Johnson | |
| Ian MacArthur | John Clellon Holmes | |
| Roland Major | Allan Temko | |
| Marie | Julie | |
| Marylou | Luanne Henderson | |
| Carlo Marx | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Mona | Rhoda Block | |
| Thelonius Monk | Thelonious Monk | |
| Amy Moriarty | Cathy Cassady | |
| Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady | |
| Joanie Moriarty | Jami Cassady | |
| Old Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady, Sr | |
| Salvatore "Sal" Paradise | Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac | |
| Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker | |
| Peaches | Ginger Bailey | |
| Babe Rawlins | Beverly Burford | |
| Ray Rawlins | Bob Burford | |
| Ray | William Burroughs, Jr. | |
| "a rich girl" | Clementine | |
| Rocco | Paul Blake | |
| Tom Saybrook | Ed Stringham | |
| George Shearing | George Shearing | |
| Stan Shephard | Frank Jeffries | |
| Tom Snark | Jim Holmes | |
| Hyman Solomon | Herbert Diamond | |
| "the tenorman" | Freddy Strong | |
| Terry (Teresa) | Bea Franco | |
| Victor | Gregorio | |
| Victor Villanueva | Victorino Tejera | |
| Ed Wall | Ed Uhl | |
| "a woman friend" | Clementine | |
| Lester Young | Lester Young | |
The following excerpts from On the Road appeared, with some character name differences (as noted below), before the publication of the book: "JAZZ OF THE BEAT GENERATION" (in New World Writing, 7, April 1955) (Published under the pseudonym Jean-Louis, it combined sections from both On the Road and Visions of Cody.) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Alice | Julie | |
| Dean | Neal Cassady | |
| Freddy | Freddy Strong | |
| Galatea | Helen Hinkle | |
| Jim | Jim Holmes | |
| Carlo Marx | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Ronnie Morgan | Connie Jordan | |
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"THE MEXICAN GIRL" (in The Paris Review, 11, Winter 1955) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Carmen | Diana Hansen | |
| Dorie | Vickie Russell | |
| Eleanor | Carolyn Cassady | |
| Freddy | "Rickey" (OR) | |
| Ruth Glenarm | Ruth Gullion | |
| Hunckey | Herbert Huncke | |
| Margarina | "Margarina" (OR) | |
| Marylou | Luanne Henderson | |
| Sal Paradise | Jack Kerouac | |
| Peaches | Ginger Bailey | |
| Ponzo | "Ponzo" (OR) | |
| Raymond | "Johnny" (OR) | |
| Terry (Teresa) | Bea Franco | |
| Vi | Jean White | |
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"A BILLOWY TRIP IN THE WORLD" (New Directions, 16, July 1957) was an extract from On the Road, dealing with the trip to Mexico and using the same character and place pseudonyms as the published book. | ||
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ON THE ROAD: THE ORIGINAL SCROLL (T1) (Viking, 2007) (Written April 2 - April 22, 1951) A transcription of the original scroll version, written in three weeks, April 1951, was published on the 50th anniversary of the original edition, in September 2007. Original character and place names were used throughout, with no pseudonyms employed, apart from: | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Alistair | Charlie Ellisor | |
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ON THE ROAD: THE SECOND TYPESCRIPT (T2) (295 pages, written April 22 - May 22, 1951) A conventional typescript prepared from the scroll version, with changes. Some sections published in Beatific Soul by Isaac Gewirtz, 2007. This typescript used the following pseudonyms for the character names: | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Remi Boncoeur | Henri Cru | |
| Ed Buckle | Al Hinkle | |
| Beattie G. Davies | Justin W. Brierley | |
| Doris | Edie Parker Kerouac | |
| Tim Gray | Ed White | |
| Elmo Hassel | Herbert Huncke | |
| Roy Johnson | Bill Tomson | |
| Chad King | Hal Chase | |
| Leanne | Dianne Orin | |
| Jane Lee | Joan Burroughs | |
| Old Bull Lee | William S. Burroughs | |
| Roland Major | Allan Temko | |
| Marylou | Luanne Henderson | |
| Justin Moriarty | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Sal Paradise | Jack Kerouac | |
| Dean Pomeray | Neal Cassady | |
| Luciana Ricci | Patricia Lague | |
| Tommy Snark | Jim Holmes | |
| Al Wehle | Ed Uhl | |
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ON THE ROAD: THE THIRD TYPESCRIPT (T3) (347 pages, written November 1954) A conventional typescript prepared from T1 and T2. Some sections published in Beatific Soul by Isaac Gewirtz, 2007. The pseudonyms used in this typescript are the same as in the published version of 1957. With some revisions, made in late 1956, this became the publisher's setting copy of the book. | ||
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