| THE SEA IS MY BROTHER (Penguin Classics - expanded edition, UK, 2011) (Written 1942-1945) (Da Capo Press, USA, 2012) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Polly Anderson | Edie Parker | |
| Edna | Edie Parker | |
| Bill Everhart | Jack Kerouac | |
| Fitzgerald | John L. Fitzgerald | |
| Gobel | Richard "Dicki" Goebel | |
| Billie Holliday | Billie Holiday | |
| Charley Martin | Leo Kerouac | |
| Wesley Martin | Jack Kerouac | |
| Nick Meade | Robert Mearns | |
| Purcell | Duncan Purcell | |