| DESOLATION PEAK (Red Bird: Sal Paradise Press, 2022) |
A collection of Kerouac's writings while working as a fire-spotter on top of
Desolation Peak in the North Cascade mountain range, Washington state during
the summer of 1956. Edited and annotated by Charles Shuttleworth.
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"DESOLATION JOURNAL"
180 pages of journal entries, written between June 18 and September 26, 1956.
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"OZONE PARK"
A section of The Duluoz legend, detailing events in the time period between
June 1943 and May 1949. Uncompleted.
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| Charley Christian |
Charlie Christian |
| Henri Cru |
Henri Cru |
| William "Big Slim" Holmes Drummond |
William "Big Slim" Holmes Hubbard |
| Leo Alcide Duluoz |
Leo Kerouac |
| Bill Eversole |
William Eversole |
| Gabe |
Gabrielle Kerouac |
| Woody Guthrie |
Woody Guthrie |
| Jimmy |
Jimmy Thomas (?) |
| Frankie Edith Parker |
Edie Parker |
| Lester Young |
Lester Young |
"THE MARTIN FAMILY"
A proposed sequel to The Town and the City. Uncompleted.
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| Walter Berlot |
George Dastou |
| Charley |
Billy Chandler |
| James Teasdale Conan |
? |
| Doris |
Margaret Coffey |
| Buddy Fredericks |
Seymour Wyse |
| George (Joe Martin's son) |
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| Paul Hathaway |
? |
| Joe Jr. (Joe Martin's son) |
? |
| Judie |
Edie Parker |
| Leon Levinsky |
Allen Ginsberg |
| Lil Luke |
Paul Blake, Jr. |
| Ian MacKensie |
John MacDonald |
| Luke Marlowe |
Paul Blake |
| Francis Martin |
William Burroughs/ Gerald Kerouac/ Hal Chase/ Jack Kerouac |
| George Martin |
Leo Kerouac |
| Joe Martin |
Michael Fournier, Jr. |
| Liz Martin |
Margaret Coffey/ Vickie Russell |
| Marguerite Martin |
Gabrielle Kerouac |
| Mickey Martin |
Jack Kerouac, as a boy |
| Peter Martin |
Jack Kerouac |
| Rose Martin |
Claire Fournier |
| Ruth Martin |
Caroline "Nin" Kerouac |
| Danny Mulverhill (D.J.) |
George J. Apostolos (G.J.) |
| Mike Myrah |
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| Alexander/Alec Panos |
Sebastian Sampas |
| Mike Panos |
Charles Sampas |
| Patricia (Joe Martin's wife) |
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| John David Pruett |
? |
| Scotcho |
Henry Beaulieu |
| Tony (Rose Martin's husband) |
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| Kenny Wood |
Lucien Carr |
| Zagg |
Jack Kerouac |
"DESOLATION BLUES"
Twelve blues choruses. First published in Book of Blues (1995)
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"DESOLATION POPS"
Seventy-two haikus, first published in Book of Haikus (2004)
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"THE DIAMONCUTTER OF PERFECT KNOWING"
Kerouac's transliteration of The Diamond Sutra, from the English and Sanskrit.
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"ASSORTED WRITINGS"
Including The Shack of Desolation (first published in Pomes All Sizes (1992);
TICS; and Dreams (first published in Book of Dreams (2001).
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