It was a style he'd put to use in the novels "On The Road" and "Visions of Cody," which featured Cassady, thinly disguised under the names Dean Moriarty and Cody Pomeroy, as their protagonists. He'd continue to use it in such books as "The Subterraneans," "The Dharma Bums" and "Lonesome Traveler," cementing his reputation as the father of the Beat Generation.