| VISIONS OF CODY (McGraw-Hill, 1973) (Written October 1951 - May 1952) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Old Bull Balloon / Baloon | W.C. Fields | |
| Happy Bernier | Happy Bertrand | |
| Layo Bernier | Leona "Layo" Bertrand | |
| Tony Bero | Tony Jure | |
| Charley Bissonnette | Charles Morissette | |
| Big Blackie | Whitey | |
| Kay Blackman | Kay White | |
| Phil Blackman | Phil White | |
| Deni Bleu | Henri Cru | |
| Mrs. Blood | Mrs. Sneed | |
| Boisvert | Robert Giroux | |
| Helen Buckle | Helen Hinkle | |
| Slim Buckle | Al Hinkle | |
| Biff Buferd | Bob Burford | |
| Maria Calabrese | Maria Livornese | |
| Tom Calabrese | Tom Livornese | |
| Jay Chapman | Jay Landesman | |
| Jay Chapman's "beautiful wife" | Fran Landesman | |
| Charley | Charley Mew | |
| Alfred Citee | "Alfred Towne" (Holmes/Landesman) | |
| Dick Clancy | ? | |
| J. Clancy | John Kelly | |
| Joan Clawthighs | Joan Crawford | |
| Margaret Cole | Margaret Coffey | |
| Curt | Curtis Hansen | |
| Joanna Dawson | Luanne Henderson | |
| Diane | Diana Hansen | |
| Emil Duluoz | Leo Kerouac | |
| Jack Duluoz | Jack Kerouac | |
| Michel Duluoz | Joseph Kerouac | |
| Elly | Edie Parker Kerouac | |
| Jim Evans | Bob Adams | |
| Finistra | William Cannastra | |
| Mike Fortier | Michael Fournier, Jr | |
| Dick Frankenstein | ? | |
| Jerry Fust | Gerry Lust | |
| Slim Gaillard | Slim Gaillard | |
| Irwin Garden | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Gerard | Gerard Kerouac | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie | |
| Harold Ginsberg | Harold Goldfinger | |
| G.J. | George J. Apostolos | |
| Ed Gray | Ed White | |
| Wardell Gray | Wardell Gray | |
| Duke Gringas | Duke Chiungos | |
| Harper | William Garver | |
| Josh Hay | Joe May | |
| Val Hayes | Hal Chase | |
| Bob Hindenburg | Bob Brandinburg | |
| Billie Holliday | Billie Holiday | |
| Big Bull Hubbard | William "Big Slim" Holmes Hubbard | |
| Bull Hubbard | William S. Burroughs | |
| June Hubbard | Joan Vollmer Burroughs | |
| Huck | Herbert Huncke | |
| Ike | Dave Tercerero | |
| Jack | Jack Daly | |
| Jackoff | Jim Penoff | |
| Stephanie James | Stephanie Stewart | |
| Joe | Michael Fournier, Jr | |
| Earl Johnson | Bill Tomson | |
| Helen Johnson | Helen Tomson | |
| Josephine | Dusty Moreland | |
| Val King | Hal Chase | |
| Lee Konitz | Lee Konitz | |
| Normie Krall | Norman Schnall | |
| Lacoucci | Zacoucci | |
| Ed Laurier | Ed Saucier | |
| Chin Lee | Wing Dong | |
| Harry Levinski | Harold Goldfinger | |
| Lionel | Seymour Wyse | |
| Lou Little | Lou Little | |
| Louise | Marie Louise Michaud | |
| Lousy | Roland Salvas | |
| Julien Love | Lucien Carr | |
| Jimmy Low (1) * | Charley Mew | |
| Jimmy Low (2) * | Charlie Ellisor | |
| Luke | Paul Blake | |
| Lulu | Lulu | |
| Paul Lyman | John Holman | |
| Mac | John Fitzgerald | |
| John Macy | John Kingsland | |
| Justin G. Mannerly | Justin W. Brierly | |
| Marie (1) * | Jacky | |
| Marie (2) * | Marie | |
| Aunt Marie [of] Lynn | Marie Harpin | |
| Bob Markan | Bob Malkin | |
| Peaches Martin | Ginger Bailey | |
| Mac/McCarthy | John Fitzgerald | |
| Marty | Duby | |
| May | Mae Daly Herzog | |
| Jody Mifflin | Rae Everitt | |
| Allen Minko | Allan Temko | |
| Monette | Simeon Vendette | |
| Brew Moore | "Brew" Moore | |
| Irv Morgan | ? | |
| Nardine | Mardean Butler | |
| Nin | Caroline "Nin" Kerouac Blake | |
| Nory | Jeanne Nield | |
| Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker | |
| John Parkman | John Hoffmann | |
| Pat | ? | |
| Paul | Paul Blake | |
| Matthew Peters | Peter Murray | |
| Cody Pomeray | Neal Cassady | |
| Cody Pomeray, Sr | Neal Cassady, Sr | |
| Diana Pomeray | Diana Hansen | |
| Emily Pomeray | Cathy Cassady | |
| Evelyn Pomeray | Carolyn Cassady | |
| Gaby Pomeray | Jami Cassady | |
| Timmy Pomeray | John Allen Cassady | |
| Pratman | Gershon Legman | |
| A.A. Quinn | A.A. Wyn | |
| Mrs. Quinn | Rose V. Quinn | |
| Rachel | ? | |
| Jimmy Ransome | ? | |
| Carl Rappaport | Carl Solomon | |
| Joan Rawshanks | Joan Crawford | |
| Danny Richman | Jerry Newman | |
| Skippy Al Robert | Vic Alberts | |
| Rose | ? | |
| Carl Sandburg | Carl Sandburg | |
| Sebastian | Sebastian Sampas | |
| George Shearing | George Shearing | |
| Dave Sherman | Frank Jeffries | |
| Stanfield | Dick Wakefield | |
| Freddy Strange | Freddy Strong | |
| Dave Stroheim | David Kammerer | |
| Irwin Swenson | Alan Ansen | |
| Janie Thaw | ? | |
| Buddy Van Buder | Peter van Meter | |
| Chet Vaska | Chet Lipka | |
| Vicki | Vickie Russell | |
| Victor (1) | Victor [?] | |
| Victor (2) | Gregorio | |
| Bev Watson | Elizabeth Holmes | |
| John Watson | John Clellon Holmes | |
| Tom Watson | Jim Holmes | |
| Cecily Wayne | Celine Young | |
| Ed Wehle | Ed Uhl | |
| Ed Williams | Ed Roberts | |
| Willie | William Burroughs, Jr. | |
| Wilson | John Clellon Holmes | |
| Marian Wilson | Marian Holmes | |
| Henry Wunderdahl | Henry Funderburk | |
| Wyndham | Ed Stringham | |
| Lester Young | Lester Young | |
| Little Zagg | Little Jack Melody | |
| Ben Boncoeur | [ Characters | |
| Roger Boncoeur | in earlier, | |
| Dorie Jordan | unpublished | |
| Rod Moultrie | versions of | |
| Ray Smith | On the Road ] | |
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* There are several examples of erroneous or multiple use of pseudonyms in Visions of Cody. The name Jimmy Low is used for two different people: one a country store-owner neighbour of William Burroughs in Louisiana (pp.120-21); the other a seaman friend of Neal and Jack in San Francisco (pp.107,130-31,146-51,157-70), also called by his real name, Charley (p.331). Marie is also used twice (apart from Kerouac's Aunt Marie): one a teenage friend of Neal's in Denver; the other an African-American prostitute in San Francisco. Two different pseudonyms are used for Hal Chase (Val Hayes and Val King), as well as for John Clellon Holmes (Watson and Wilson). | ||
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The following excerpts from Visions of Cody appeared, with some character name differences (as noted below), before the complete publication of the book: "NEAL AND THE THREE STOOGES" (in New Editions 2, 1957) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Joan Crawford | Joan Crawford | |
| Neal Pomeray | Neal Cassady | |
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EXCERPTS FROM VISIONS OF CODY (New Directions, 1959) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Jacky | Jacky | |
| Manley G. Mannerly | Justin W. Brierly | |
| Zacoucci | Zacoucci | |
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"BEFORE THE ROAD" (in Playboy, December 1959) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Denver D. Doll | Justin W. Brierly | |
| Ed Dunkel | Al Hinkle | |
| Bob Evans | Bob Adams | |
| Roy Johnson | Bill Tomson | |
| Damion Love | Lucien Carr | |
| Dean Moriarty | Neal Cassady | |
| Ray Rawlins | Bob Burford | |
| Tom Snark | Jim Holmes | |
| Zaza | Gaga ?? | |
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"BEFORE THE ROAD" (in The New Writing in the USA, 1967) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Manley G. Mannerly | Justin W. Brierly | |
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"THREE EXCERPTS FROM VISIONS OF CODY" (in The Beats, ed. Seymour Krim, 1960) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Jacky | Jacky | |
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"MANHATTAN SKETCHES" (in The Moderns, ed. Leroi Jones, 1963) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Emil | Leo Kerouac | |
| Jimmy | Charles Morissette | |
| Roy Cohn | "Irwin Garden" (VC) | |
| Ingrid Bergman | "Nardine" (VC) | |
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"FIRST NIGHT OF THE TAPES" (in Transatlantic Review, Winter 1969/70) | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Allen | Allen Ginsberg | |
| Bill | William S. Burroughs | |
| Charley Elisor | Charlie Ellisor | |
| Hunkey | Herbert Huncke | |
| Joan | Joan Burroughs | |
| Neal | Neal Cassady | |
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