Character Key
| Sal Paradise | Jack Kerouac | New York, | p. 3 |
| Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady | New York, | p. 3 |
| Chad King | Haldon "Hal" Chase | Denver, | p. 3 |
| Carlo Marx | Allen Ginsberg | Paterson, | p. 4 |
| Marylou | LuAnne Henderson | New York, | p. 4 |
| Tim Gray | Ed White | Denver, | p. 4 |
| Ed Wall | Ed Uhl | Sterling, | p. 5 |
| Aunt | Gabrielle Kerouac (Jack's Mother) | New York, | p. 5 |
| Old Bull Lee | William S. Burroughs | Algiers, | p. 8 |
| Elmer Hassel | Herbert Huncke | New York, | p. 8 |
| Jane Lee | Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs | Algiers, | p. 8 |
| Tommy Snark | Jim Holmes | Denver, | p. 8 |
| Roy Johnson | Bill Tomson | Denver, | p. 8 |
| Ed Dunkel | Al Hinkle | Denver, | p. 8 |
| Rocco | Paul Blake (Jack’s brother-in-law) | Rocky Mount, (“Testament, ”) | p. 8 |
| Remi Boncœur | Henri Cru | Sausalito, | p. 11 |
| Lee Ann | Dianne Orin | Sausalito, | p. 11 |
| Ray Rawlins | Bob Burford | Denver, | p. 18 |
| Babe Rawlins | Beverly Burford | Denver, | p. 18 |
| Mary Bettencourt | Helen Gullion | Denver, | p. 18 |
| Rita Bettencourt | Ruth Gullion | Denver, | p. 18 |
| Roland Major | Allan Temko | Denver, | p. 18 |
| William Holmes “Big Slim” Hazard | William Holmes “Big Slim” Hubbard | Newport, | p. 28 |
| Betty Gray | Joanie White (Ed White's sister) | Denver, | p. 41 |
| Camille | Carolyn Cassady (née Robinson) | San Francisco, | p. 42 |
| Denver D. Doll | Justin W. Brierly | Denver, | p. 52 |
| Old Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady Sr. | Denver, | p. 58 |
| Mr. Snow | Marin City, | p. 62 | |
| “The famous director” | Gregory La Cava | Hollywood, | p. 73 |
| Terry | Bea Franco | Selma, (“Sabinal, ”) | p. 81 |
| Peaches | Ginger Chase | New York, | p. 82 |
| Dorie, “Tall redhead” | Vicki Russell | New York, | p. 83 |
| Amy Moriarty | Catherine Cassady | San Francisco, | p. 110 |
| Galatea Dunkel | Helen Hinkle | Denver, | p. 111 |
| Lucille | Pauline | New York, | p. 116 |
| Tom Saybrook | Ed Stringham | New York, | p. 125 |
| Ian MacArthur | John Clellon Holmes | New York, | p. 125 |
| Damion | Lucien Carr | New York, | p. 126 |
| Mona | Rhoda | New York, | p. 126 |
| Rollo Greb | Alan Ansen | New York, | p. 127 |
| Dodie Lee | Julie Burroughs | Algiers, | p. 143 |
| Ray Lee | William S. Burroughs, Jr. | Algiers, | p. 143 |
| Dale | Kells Elvins | Algiers, | p. 145 |
| Hal Hingham | Alan Harrington | Tucson, | p. 165 |
| Marie | Lorraine | p. 193 | |
| Dorothy Johnson | Helen Tomson (Bill Tomson's wife) | Denver, | p. 193 |
| Sam Brady | (Neal Cassady's cousin) | p. 215 | |
| Inez | Diana Hansen | New York, | p. 246 |
| Angel Luz García | Jose García Villa | New York, | p. 246 |
| Walter Evans | Walter Adams | New York, | p. 246 |
| Victor Villanueva | Victor Tejeira | New York, | p. 246 |
| Jinny Jones | Jinny Baker Lehrman | New York, | p. 246 |
| Gene Dexter | Gene Pippin | New York, | p. 246 |
| Stan Shepard | Frank Jeffries | Denver, | p. 257 |
| Victor | Gregorio | Victoria, Mexico, ("Gregoria") | p. 281 |
| Laura | Joan Kerouac (née Haverty) | New York, | p. 307 |
| Joanie Moriarty | Jami Cassady | San Francisco, | p. 308 |
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