Character Key
Kerouac often based his fictional characters on friends and family.
"Because of the objections of my early publishers I was not allowed to use the same personae names in each work."| Real-life person | Character name |
|---|---|
| Jack Kerouac | Jack Duluoz |
| Neal Cassady | Cody Pomeray |
| Carolyn Cassady | Evelyn |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Lorenzo Monsanto |
| Allen Ginsberg | Irwin Garden |
| Lenore Kandel | Româna Swartz |
| Robert LaVigne | Robert Browning |
| Michael McClure | Pat McLear |
| Jackie Gibson Mercer | Willamine "Billie" Dabney |
| Albert Saijo | George Baso |
| Gary Snyder | Jarry Wagner |
| Alan Watts | Arthur Wayne |
| Lew Welch | Dave Wain |
| Philip Whalen | Ben Fagan |
| Victor Wong | Arthur Ma |
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