References in On the Road
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| On the Road by Jack Kerouac | |
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 Other Works by Jack Kerouac |
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| Published in: | New York, NY; USA |
| Published by: | Viking Press |
| Year of Publication: | 1957 |
| Language: | English |
| Catalogue code | |
| ISBN: | 0140042598 |
| See Also: 100 Greatest Novels | |
On the Road is a novel written by Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), during his early adulthood in the late 1940s, and published by Viking Press in 1957. The events in the novel are almost entirely drawn from Kerouac's life. His journals and notes were filled with detailed accounts of his travels across North America, including popular songs, books and products of the day. Even the characters in On the Road were given pseudonyms to conceal the identities of their real-life counterparts.
Page numbers given below refer to the 1997 Penguin reprint edition of On the Road, the most widely-available version of the text.
[edit] Travelogue
Ozone Park, NY → Chicago, IL → Newton, IA → Stuart, IA → Cheyenne, WY → Denver, CO → Salt Lake City, UT → San Francisco, CA → Marin City, CA (“Mill City, CA”) → Hollywood, CA → Los Angeles, CA → Selma, CA (“Sabinal, CA”) → Dalhart, TX → Indianapolis, IN → Harrisburg, PA → New York, NY.
Rocky Mount, NC (“Testament, VA”) → Algiers, LA → San Francisco, CA → New York, NY.
New York, NY → Terre Haute, IN → St. Louis, MO → Denver, CO → Amarillo, TX → Terre Haute, IN → San Antonio, TX → Laredo, TX → Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. → Hidalgo, NL → Ciudad Victoria, Tamps. → Llera de Canales, Tamps. (“Límon, Tamps.”) → Mexico City, DF.
[edit] Character key
| Sal Paradise | Jack Kerouac | New York, NY | p.3 |
| (né: Jean-Louis “Ti-Jean” Lebris de Kérouac) | |||
| Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady | Denver, CO | p.3 |
| Chad King | Haldon "Hal" Chase | Denver, CO | p.3 |
| Carlo Marx | Allen Ginsberg | Paterson, NJ | p.4 |
| Marylou | LuAnne Henderson | New York, NY | p.4 |
| Tim Gray | Ed White | Denver, CO | p.4 |
| Ed Wall | Ed Uhl | Sterling, CO | p.5 |
| Aunt | Gabrielle Kerouac (Jack's Mother) | New York, NY | p.5 |
| Old Bull Lee | William S. Burroughs | Algiers, LA | p.8 |
| Elmer Hassel | Herbert Huncke | New York, NY | p.8 |
| Jane Lee | Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs | Algiers, LA | p.8 |
| Tommy Snark | Jim Holmes | Denver, CO | p.8 |
| Roy Johnson | Bill Tomson | Denver, CO | p.8 |
| Ed Dunkel | Al Hinkle | Denver, CO | p.8 |
| Rocco | Paul Blake (Jack’s brother-in-law) | Rocky Mount, NC (“Testament, VA”) | p.8 |
| Remi Boncœur | Henri Cru | Sausalito, CA | p.11 |
| Lee Ann | Dianne Orin | Sausalito, CA | p.11 |
| Ray Rawlins | Bob Burford | Denver, CO | p.18 |
| Babe Rawlins | Beverly Burford | Denver, CO | p.18 |
| Mary Bettencourt | Ruth Gullion | Denver, CO | p.18 |
| Rita Bettencourt | Helen Gullion | Denver, CO | p.18 |
| Roland Major | Allan Temko | Denver, CO | p.18 |
| William Holmes “Big Slim” Hazard | William Holmes “Big Slim” Hubbard | Newport, RI | p.28 |
| Betty Gray | Joanie White (Ed White's sister) | Denver, CO | p.41 |
| Camille | Carolyn Cassady (née Robinson) | San Francisco, CA | p.42 |
| Denver D. Doll | Justin Brierly | Denver, CO | p.52 |
| Old Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady Sr. | Denver, CO | p.58 |
| Mr. Snow | Marin City, CA | p.62 | |
| “The famous director” | Gregory La Cava | Hollywood, CA | p.73 |
| Terry | Bea Franco | Selma, CA (“Sabinal, CA”) | p.81 |
| Peaches | Ginger Chase | New York, NY | p.82 |
| Dorie, “Tall redhead” | Vicki Russell | New York, NY | p.83 |
| Amy Moriarty | Catherine Cassady | San Francisco, CA | p.110 |
| Galatea Dunkel | Helen Hinkle | Denver, CO | p.111 |
| Lucille | Pauline | New York, NY | p.116 |
| Tom Saybrook | Ed Stringham | New York, NY | p.125 |
| Ian MacArthur | John Clellon Holmes | New York, NY | p.125 |
| Damion | Lucien Carr | New York, NY | p.126 |
| Mona | Rhoda | New York, NY | p.126 |
| Rollo Greb | Alan Ansen | New York, NY | p.127 |
| Dodie Lee | Julie Burroughs | Algiers, LA | p.143 |
| Ray Lee | William S. Burroughs Jr. | Algiers, LA | p.143 |
| Dale | Kells Elvins | Algiers, LA | p.145 |
| Hal Hingham | Alan Harrington | Tucson, AZ | p.165 |
| Marie | Lorraine | p.193 | |
| Dorothy Johnson | Helen Tomson (Bill Tomson's wife) | Denver, CO | p.193 |
| Sam Brady | (Neal Cassady's cousin) | p.215 | |
| Inez | Diana Hansen | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Angel Luz García | Jose García Villa | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Walter Evans | Walter Adams | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Victor Villanueva | Victor Tejeira | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Jinny Jones | Jinny Baker Lehrman | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Gene Dexter | Gene Pippin | New York, NY | p.246 |
| Stan Shepard | Frank Jeffries | Denver, CO | p.257 |
| Victor | Gregorio | Victoria, Mexico, ("Gregoria") | p.281 |
| Laura | Joan Kerouac (née Haverty) | New York, NY | p.307 |
| Joanie Moriarty | Jami Cassady | San Francisco, CA | p.308 |
[edit] Arts & Culture
[edit] Music
| Overture from Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven | p.52 |
| Sweet Adeline | (barbershop quartet) | p.54 |
| Central Avenue Breakdown | Lionel Hampton | p.87 |
| Lover Man | Billie Holiday | p.98 |
| Mañana | Peggy Lee | p.99 |
| Blue Skies | n/a | p.100 |
| The Hunt | Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray | pp.113,127 |
| A Fine Romance | (music box) | p.119 |
| Cement Mixer | Slim Gaillard | p.176 |
| C-jam Blues | Slim Gaillard | p.176 |
| Close Your Eyes | (male singer) | p.198 |
| Congo Blues | Red Norvo Sextet w/ Dizzy Gillespie | p.219 |
| Gator Tail | The Cootie Williams band w/ Willis Jackson | p.250 |
| Lester Jumps In | Lester Young | p.251 |
| Baby's Pudding | Wynonie Blues Harris | p.273 |
| Chattanooga de Mambo | Perez Prado | p.287 |
| More Mambo Jambo | Perez Prado | p.287 |
| Mambo Numero Ocho | Perez Prado | p.287 |
| Mambo Jambo | Perez Prado | p.287 |
[edit] Books
| The Town and the City (“The book”) | Jack Kerouac (“John Kerouac”) | pp.6 |
| The New Yorker | p.10 | |
| The Oregon Trail | Francis Parkman | p.19 |
| Life in the Far West | George F. Ruxton | p.38 |
| Green Hills of Africa | Ernest Hemingway | p.57 |
| Blue Book adventures of Oregon | p.64 | |
| Le grand meaulnes | Alain-Fournier | p.102 |
| New Orleans Times-Picayune want-ads | p.147 | |
| Les Mystères de Paris (en: “Mysteries of Paris”) | Eugène Sue | pp.188,192 |
| Mayan codices | p.144 |
[edit] Movies
| The Mark of Zorro | Dir. Rouben Mamoulian | 1940 | p.64 |
| Sullivan's Travels | Dir. Preston Sturges | 1941 | p.82 |
| Of Mice and Men | Dir. Lewis Milestone | 1939 | p.90 |
| (“Hollywood prèmiere 10/26/47”) | p.101 | ||
| Background to Danger | Dir. Raoul Walsh | 1943 | p.244 |
| (“Singing Cowboy Eddie Dean”) | p.244 |
[edit] Radio shows
| 1948 Midnight New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square | p.124 |
| Chicken Jazz'n Gumbo Disc-jockey Show from New Orleans | p.140 |
| Mystery programme | p.156 |
| (“Radio Show from Clint, TX”) | p.162 |
| The Lone Ranger Show | p.214 |
| The Symphony Sid Show | p.246 |
| Marty Glickman commentating New York Knicks basketball games | p.250 |
[edit] Consumer Goods
[edit] Cars
| “Truck with a flatboard at the back” | p.24 |
| “old Ford coupe” | p.38 |
| 1938 Chevy | p.91 |
| Plymouth | p.106 |
| 1949 Hudson | p.110 |
| “Texas Chevy” | p.142 |
| “old ratty coupe” | p.216 |
| 1947 black Cadillac limousine | pp.224–5 |
| “twenty-dollar Buick” | p.230 |
| 1949 or 1950 Chrysler | p.245 |
| 1937 Ford Sedan | p.265 |
[edit] Clothing & paraphernalia
- REDIRECT Zoot Suits
[edit] Restaurants & clubs
Ritzy's Bar
[edit] Food & drink
Apple Pie & Vanilla Ice Cream
[edit] Recreational Drugs
Cannabis (also referred to as "tea")
Amphetamines (referred to as "goofballs")
Morphine (Referred to as "M")
[edit] Bibliographic Sources
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Penguin Books: New York.
