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** On the Road ** ** by Jack Kerouac **


 * See the maps of Kerouac's various trips as 'Sal Paradise' **




 * Spark Notes for On The Road - a useful overview: **

** Those in blue have links to Wikipedia... go on, check them out... **
 * Who's Who in On The Road... **


 * ~ Real-life person ||~ Character name ||
 * [|Jack Kerouac] || [|Sal Paradise] ||
 * Gabrielle Kerouac || Sal's Aunt ||
 * [|Alan Ansen] || Rollo Greb ||
 * [|William S. Burroughs] || Old Bull Lee ||
 * [|Joan Vollmer] || Jane ||
 * [|Lucien Carr] || Damion ||
 * [|Neal Cassady] || [|Dean Moriarty] ||
 * [|Carolyn Cassady] || Camille ||
 * Hal Chase || Chad King ||
 * Henri Cru || Remi Boncoeur ||
 * Bea Franko || Terry ||
 * [|Allen Ginsberg] || [|Carlo Marx] ||
 * Diana Hansen || Inez ||
 * Alan Harrington || Hal Hingham ||
 * Joan Haverty || Laura ||
 * Luanne Henderson || Mary Lou ||
 * Al Hinkle || Ed Dunkel ||
 * Helen Hinkle || Galatea Dunkel ||
 * Jim Holmes || Tom Snark ||
 * [|John Clellon Holmes] || Tom Saybrook ||
 * [|Herbert Huncke] || Elmer Hassel ||
 * Frank Jeffries || Stan Shephard ||
 * Gene Pippin || Gene Dexter ||
 * Ed Stringham || Tom Saybrook ||
 * [|Allan Temko] || Roland Major ||
 * Bill Tomson || Roy Johnson ||
 * Helen Tomson || Dorothy Johnson ||
 * Ed Uhl || Ed Wall ||

@http://www.salparadise.net/letter.html
 * Read a letter about love and sex from Neal Cassady (Dean) to Jack Kerouac (Sal)... **


 * Some very useful articles concerning On the Road history, analyses and the real people can be found here... **

//On the Road// - A Complete Study Guide

Who's Who in //On the Road// - With pictures!

Sal's Search for 'IT' in //On the Road.// An Essay.

//On the Road// in history. An Essay.

Kerouac's Alternate American Dream. An Essay.

Kerouac Biography

The Beat Generation. A History and Summary.


 * Images for //On The Road//... **


 * Kerouac famously typed the first draft of the novel on one long scroll of paper... here it is... **