| Maggie Cassidy | |
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1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Jack Kerouac |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Avon |
| Publication date | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 208 pp |
| Preceded by | Doctor Sax (1959) |
| Followed by | Mexico City Blues (1959) |
Maggie Cassidy is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, first published in 1959. It is a largely autobiographical work about Kerouac's early life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1938 to 1939, and chronicles Kerouac's real-life relationship with teenage sweetheart Mary Carney. It is unique for Kerouac for its high school setting and teenage characters. He wrote the novel in 1953 but it was not published until 1959, after the success of On the Road (1957).
"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 | Jack Duluoz |
| Leo Kerouac | Emil "Pop" Duluoz |
| Caroline Kerouac | Nin / Jeannette Bissonette |
| George "G.J." Apostolos | G.J. Rigopoulos |
| Fred Bertrand | Vinny Bergerac |
| Mary Carney | Maggie Cassidy |
| Margaret "Peggy" Coffey | Pauline "Moe" Cole |
| Johnny Koumentzalis | Johnny Kazarakis |
| Lou Little | Lu Libble |
| Charles Morissette | Jimmy Bissonette |
| Robert Morissette | Joe (Iddyboy) Bissonette |
| Omar Noel | Zaza Vauriselle |
| Jim O'Dea | Timmy Clancy |
| Roland Salvas | Albert "Lousy" Lauzon |
| Charles Sampas | James G. Santos |
| Jimmy Winchell | Eddy Gilbert |
| Seymour Wyse | Lionel Smart |