THE UNKNOWN KEROUAC (The Library of America, 2016)
A collection of rare, unpublished & newly translated writings:

"THE NIGHT IS MY WOMAN" (written February-March 1951)
Originally written in French patois, as "La nuit est ma femme."
 
Character name: Real name:
 
Blazon's Edward Blazon
Michel de Bretagne Jack Kerouac
G.J./ George George J. Apostolos
Henri/ Kid Faro Henry Beaulieu
Jack/ Jean Michael Fournier
Roland Roland Salvas
Zagg Jack Kerouac

"OLD BULL IN THE BOWERY" (written December 1952)
A mainly fictitious tale written in Mexico City, in French patois, as "Sur le Chemin."
It tells of a meeting between the young Kerouac and Cassady in 1935, and constructs
a relationship between the Duluoz and Pomeray families based on the kinship of
Old Bull Baloon ("Guillaume Bernier-Gaos") -- that he was brother-in-law to Ti-Jean's
grandfather, and to Dean Sr.

(Old Bull Baloon family tree)


It also traces the movement of the Kerouac (Duluoz) family from Brittany to Canada
and eventually to the U.S.A.
 
Character name: Real name:
 
Old/Uncle Bull Baloon (based on) W.C. Fields
Clementine Bernier-Gaos Clementine Bernier
Henrietta Bernier-Gaos Maud Sheuer
Mrs. Blood Mrs. Sneed
Charley Charles Connor
Dick Clancy ?
Caroline Duluoz Caroline Kerouac
Clara Duluoz Clara Kerouac
Ernest Duluoz Ernest Kerouac
Henri Duluoz Edouard Kerouac
Jacques Duluoz Jean-Baptiste Kerouac
Jean Duluoz John Kerouac
Joseph Duluoz Joseph Kerouac
Justine Duluoz Justine Kerouac
Leo Duluoz Leo Kerouac
Marie Louise Duluoz Marie Louise Kerouac
Ti-Jean Duluoz Jack Kerouac
Armand Duval ?
Rolfe Glendiver Ralph Daly
Smiley Glendiver James Daly
Pic (Pictorial Review Jackson) (character in PIC)
Slim Jackson (character in PIC)
Omer Leclerc Armand Gauthier
L'Heureux L'Évesque
Nicki ?
Peaches ?
Dean Pomeray Jr. Neal Cassady Jr.
Dean Pomeray Sr. Neal Cassady Sr.
Charley St. Christian Charlie Christian
Zaza ?

"MEMORY BABE" (written 1957-1958)
 
Character name: Real name:
 
Vic Albert Vic Alberts
Aunt Alice Alice Levesque
Mrs. Aposotolos Stella Apostolos
Cousin Bea Beatrice Kerouac
Beaulieu Joseph "Scotty" Beaulieu
Blazon's Edward Blazon
Irene Callahan Alice Gallagher
Carrouspel Leo Carufel
Billy Chandler Billy Chandler
Harry Charity Harry Charity
Tommy Cudworth Tommy Cudworth
Demarchais ?
Destouches Joseph Desjardins
Millicent Devlin Winifred Heslin
Jean Duluoz Jack Kerouac
Nin Duluoz Caroline "Nin" Kerouac
Old Mike Fournier Michael Fournier, Sr.
Mr. Froufrou Lambert
Alice Gallagher Alice Gallagher
Charlie Gallagher Charley Gallagher
Ned Gavin Raymond Harpin?
Tod Gavin Raoul Harpin?
G.J./ George George J. Apostolos
Goose Goslin Gerald Gosselin
Mike Houde Mike Houde
Pete Houde Pete Houde
Rubber Hoyle Tommy "Rubber" Hoyle
Uncle Joe Joseph Kerouac
Lambert's Lambert's
Michel Lemaire ?
Aunt Leontine Leontine Kerouac
Melaye Robert Morissette
Bobby Morrissette Robert Morissette
Mary Nestor Mary Nestor
Ernie Noval Ernie Noval
Rondeau Bob Rondeau
Rosaire Francis X. Gauthier
Salvey/ Salvos Roland Salvas
St. Jean Andrew St. Jean
Vic Sawyer Vic Sawyer
Scotty Joseph "Scotty" Beaulieu
Shabby Charles Carbonneau
Snorro/ Robert Robert Fournier
Taft Francis W. Taft
Zagg (1) Jack Kerouac
Zagg (2) Luxey Smith

"BEAT SPOTLIGHT" (written c. 1968)
An incomplete reminiscence of the weekly newspaper, The Spotlight, which was edited and published
by Jack's father Leo in Lowell during the 1920s. Those times are then compared with Jack's own
popularity in the 1950s, after the publication of "On the Road", when he was in the Beat spotlight.
 
Character name: Real name:
 
Charley Connors Charles Connor
Gerard Gerard Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg
Jean-Louis Jack Kerouac
Leo Leo Kerouac
Chin Lee Wing Dong

"I WISH I WERE YOU" (written August 1945)
AKA "The Phillip Tourian Story" and "The Ryko/Tourian Story."
Kerouac's own re-telling of "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks", which he had
co-authored with William Burroughs six months earlier.
 
Character name: Real name:
 
John Alexander John Kingsland
Ramsey Allen David Kammerer
Jane Bole Patricia Goode Harrison
Bunny Teresa Willard
Will Dennison William Burroughs
Betty-Lou East ?
Erwin Feinstein Allen Ginsberg
Helen ?
Praline LeJeune Celine Young
Hugh Maddox Neal Spollen
Agnes O'Rourke Ruth Louise McMahon
Della Packard Donna Leonard
Walter Quincy ?
Chris Rivers Chandler Brossard
Michael/Mike Ryko Jack Kerouac
Tom Sullivan Thomas F. Healy
George Thompson Edie Parker's father
Janie Thompson Edie Parker
Phillip Tourian Lucien Carr