If I recall correctly from ‘On the Road’ Kerouac was raised by his aunt? I don’t recall him mentioning his parents in the book.
He was not raised by his aunt. He wrote in his books that he lived with his aunt, but it was his mother. Some say he changed her to his aunt out of embarrassment at being something of a Mama’s Boy.
“If I recall correctly from ‘On the Road’ Kerouac was raised by his aunt? I don’t recall him mentioning his parents in the book.”
That was the factionalized part.
His “Aunt” was his mother (a widow).
His character in the book was Italian, he was French Canadian.