| ATOP AN UNDERWOOD (Viking, 1999) (Written 1936-1943) | ||
| Early Stories and Other Writings | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Aunt Alice | Alice Levesque | |
| Bill | Billy Chandler | |
| Bob | Dick Wakefield | |
| Clementine | Clementine Bernier Kerouac | |
| Robert (Bob) Duluoz | Jack Kerouac | |
| "father's brother" | Joseph Kerouac | |
| "father's father" | Jean-Baptiste Kerouac | |
| "father's sister" | Caroline Kerouac | |
| Fouch | George J. Apostolos | |
| Freddie | Freddy Bertrand | |
| George | George J. Apostolos | |
| Governali | Paul Governali | |
| Henry | Henry Beaulieu | |
| Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
| Frank Leahy | Frank Leahy | |
| Lou Little | Lou Little | |
| Mel | Robert Morissette | |
| Mike (1) | Mike Houde | |
| Mike (2) | Michael Fournier, Jr | |
| Ernie Noval | Ernie Noval | |
| Pete | Pete Houde | |
| Salvey | Roland Salvas | |
| Sam | Sebastian Sampas | |
| Eugene Sheffer | Eugene Sheffer | |
| Richard Vesque | Jack Kerouac | |
| Wattaguy | Bob Rondeau | |
| Will | Len Will | |
| Donald Wolf | Donald Wolf | |
| Wood | Thornley Wood | |
| Seymour Wyse | Seymour Wyse | |
| Lester Young | Lester Young | |
| Zagg | Jack Kerouac | |