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On the Road is a novel written by Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), during his early adulthood in the late 1940s, and published by Viking Press in 1957. The events in the novel are almost entirely drawn from Kerouac's life. His journals and notes were filled with detailed accounts of his travels across North America, including popular songs, books and products of the day. Even the characters in On the Road were given pseudonyms to conceal the identities of their real-life counterparts.

Page numbers given below refer to the 1997 Penguin reprint edition of On the Road, the most widely available version of the text.

Part One (1947)
New York City, NY → Chicago, IL → Davenport, IA → Cheyenne, WY → Denver, CO → Central City, CO → Cheyenne, WY → Salt Lake City, UT → San Francisco, CA → Marin City, CA  ("Mill City, CA ") → Bakersfield, CA → Hollywood, CA → Los Angeles, CA → Selma, CA  ("Sabinal, CA ") → Los Angeles, CA → St. Louis, MO → Pittsburgh, PA → Harrisburg, PA → New York, NY.

Part Two (January, 1949)
→ New York, NY → Rocky Mount, NC ("Testament, VA ") → New York, NY → Washington, DC → Testament, VA → New Orleans, LA → Algiers, LA → Houston, TX → El Paso, TX → Tucson, AZ → Bakersfield, CA → San Francisco, CA → New York, NY.

Part Three (Spring, 1949)
→ New York, NY → Denver, CO → San Francisco, CA → Sacramento, CA → Denver, CO → Chicago, IL → Detroit, MI → New York City, NY

Part Four (1950)
→ New York City, NY → Washington, DC → Cincinnati, OH → St. Louis, MO → Denver, CO → Amarillo, TX → San Antonio, TX → Laredo, TX → Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. → Monterrey, Nuevo Leon → Linares, Mexico, NL → Gregoria → Llera de Canales, Tamps. ("Límon, Tamps.") → Mexico City, DF.

Clothing & paraphernalia
Zoot Suits

Restaurants & clubs

 * Ritz's Club
 * Jamson's Nook Club
 * Birdland
 * Hector's Cafeteria

Recreational drugs

 * Cannabis (also referred to as "tea")
 * Benzedrine (referred to as "benny")
 * Barbiturates (referred to as "goofballs")
 * Morphine (Referred to as "M")