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Character Key
[1]
"Because of the objections of my early publishers I was not allowed to use the same personae names in each work." [2]
| Real-life person | Character name |
|---|---|
| Jack Kerouac | Ray Smith |
| Caroline Kerouac | Nin |
| Carolyn Cassady | Evelyn |
| Neal Cassady | Cody Pomeray |
| Claude Dalenberg | Bud Diefendorf |
| Allen Ginsberg | Alvah Goldbook |
| Natalie Jackson | Rosie Buchanan |
| Philip Lamantia | Francis DaPavia |
| Michael McClure | Ike O'Shay |
| Locke McCorkle | Sean Monahan |
| John Montgomery | Henry Morley |
| Peter Orlovsky | George |
| Kenneth Rexroth | Rheinhold Cacoethes |
| Gary Snyder | Japhy Ryder |
| Alan Watts | Arthur Whane |
| Philip Whalen | Warren Coughlin |
But, Kerouac was not always conscientious about masking the identities of his friends. At the end of Chapter 23, he says "I had a dollar left and Gary was waiting for me at the shack."
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