| Edward | Abbey | American author and essayist. |
| William | Alexander | German painter and television host. aka: Bill Alexander. |
| Hadji | Ali | Egyptian regurgitation performer. |
| Sameer | Ali | One of Linda's friends. |
| Tom | Anderson | A full-time electrician. |
| Roger Ward | Babson | A financial oracle. |
| Monina | Baker | Former employee of Empire. |
| Jeff | Bezos | CEO of Amazon. |
| Harrod | Blank | A Berkeley filmmaker. |
| Donna | Bonnett | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| Paul | Bowles | American composer, writer, translator. |
| Peter | Brady | An economist of the Investment Company Institute. |
| Mr. | Brown | Linda May's acquaintance. |
| Tara | Burns | A sex worker in a '98 Chevy Astro. |
| Kelly | Calmes | An administrator for the program in Campbellsville. |
| Dale | Carnegie | American writer and lecturer. |
| Karren | Chamberlen | A former bus driver. |
| Charlie | Chaplin | British comic actor and filmmaker. |
| Linda | Chesser | Former Washington State University academic adviser. |
| Al | Christensen | A former advertising art director. |
| Aaron | Constable | A factory's maintenance foreman. |
| Joyce | Cooley | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| Philip | Cushman | The president of the local chamber of commerce. |
| Trooper | Dan | One of the nomads. |
| Kimya | Dawson | American musician. |
| Robin | De Peal | Phil's wife. |
| Silvianne | Delmars | Linda's friend. |
| Phil | DePeal | A forty-eight-year-old Desert Storm veteran. |
| Jen | Derge | One of Linda's friends. |
| Kyndal | Dimon | A cosmetologist |
| Patti | DiPino | A CamperForce worker. |
| LaVonne | Ellis | A sixty-seven-year-old writer. |
| Gretchen | Erb | One of the workers at American Crystal Sugar. |
| Chris | Farley | American actor and comedian. |
| William C. | Foote | The Gypsum CEO. |
| Peter | Fox | A former driver in San Francisco. |
| Ida Mae | Fuller | A retired legal secretary in Vermont. |
| Antoni | Gaudi | Spanish architect. |
| Teresa | Ghilarducci | An economist and professor at the New School in New York City. |
| Khalil | Gibran | Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter. |
| Iris | Goldenberg | An Amazon CamperForce worker. |
| Brian | Gore | One of the workers at American Crystal Sugar. |
| Alan | Graham | The founder of the organization. |
| Laura | Graham | A CamperForce member who worked as a picker. |
| Grumpy | Gringo | Owned a taco stand in Quartzsite. |
| Brian | Gubb | Director of Operational Solutions . |
| Joaquin | Guzman | A drug lord. aka: El Chapo. |
| Ash | Haag | One of Linda's friends. |
| Jacob S. | Hacker | Yale political scientist. |
| Kenny | Harper | A former employee of CamperForce. |
| Trish | Hay | A fifty-nine-years-old living in a Nissan Sentra. |
| William Least | Heat-Moon | American writer. |
| John C. | Heil III | A press officer of The Forest Service. |
| Ernest | Hemingway | American author and journalist. |
| Lori | Hicks | Linda's acquaintance. |
| Becky | Hill | An Isaiah 58 Project volunteer. |
| Linda | Hobby | Mike's wife. |
| Mike | Hobby | A biker turned pastor. |
| Al | Jazeera | Qatari television broadcaster. |
| Joanna | Johnson | One of a workampers. |
| Helen | Keller | American author. |
| Carol | Kelley | An eighty-year-old widow who ran a food pantry. |
| Ken | Kesey | American novelist, essayist, and counter cultural figure. |
| Jon | Krakauer | American writer and journalist. |
| Anne | LaBastille | American author and ecologist. |
| Don | Laughlin | Owner of the Riverside Casino. |
| Cyndi | Lauper | American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actress and activist. |
| George | Lehrer | One of the nomads. aka: Tioga George. |
| Jay | Leno | American comedian. |
| Scott | Lindgren | A managing partner with temporary staffing firm. |
| Tonia | Lynch | A factory supervisor. |
| Dale | Maharidge | American author, journalist. |
| Anna Marie | Marks | An employee in the factory lab testing Sheetrock. |
| Eric | Mart | President of California Land Management. |
| Armistead | Maupin | American writer. |
| Linda | May | A campground host. |
| Jim | Melvin | A former Lowe's appliance salesman. |
| Warren | Meyer | President of Recreation Resource Management. |
| Lois | Middleton | A sixty-two-year-old camper. |
| Dan | Moran | A former supply chain manager. |
| Monique | Morrissey | An economist at Economic Policy Institute. |
| Vincent | Mosemann | Swankie's friend. |
| Brian | Nelson | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| George | Nelson | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| Lesa | NeSmith | One of the vandwellers. |
| Officer | Nunez | LaVonne's friend. |
| William | Osler | A physician. |
| Billy | Outlaw | One of the campers. |
| Helene | Outlaw | One of the campers. |
| Thomas | Paine | English-born American political activist, and philosopher. |
| Gary | Pardekooper | The park's human resource director. |
| Peter Jones | Perry | A dachshund. |
| Sharen | Peterson | One of the nomads. aka: Chere. |
| Carol | Petty | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| Mr. | Pico | One of Linda's friends. |
| Atli | Pommer | A former transit bus driver. |
| John | Prine | American country singer/songwriter. |
| Ronald | Reagan | 40th president of the United States and actor. |
| Rusty | Reed | A military veteran. |
| Malvina | Reynolds | American folk singer. |
| Michael | Reynolds | American architect based in New Mexico. |
| Michael | Reynolds | A New Mexico architect. |
| David | Roderick | A seventy-year old workamper. |
| Susan | Rogers | A retired math teacher from Georgia. |
| Franklin D. | Roosevelt | 32nd President of the United States. |
| James | Rorty | American radical writer and poet. |
| Bertrand | Russell | Founding figure in the analytic movement in Anglo-American philosophy. |
| Calvin | Ryle | The quality control supervisor. |
| Sharon | Scofield | One of CamperForce prospective employees. |
| Leonard | Scott | A former gas station owner. |
| Dr. | Seuss | American children's writer and illustrator. |
| Alan | Simpson | Former U.S. Senator from Wyoming. |
| Rebecca | Solnit | Author and essayist from United States. |
| Mike | Spihlman | A gypsum plant's manager. |
| Lee Welling | Squier | A pension advocate. |
| John | Steinbeck | American writer. |
| Chuck | Stout | A former employee at McDonalds Corporation. |
| Cheryl | Strayed | American memoirist, novelist, essayist and podcast host. |
| Martha | Summerhayes | A memoirist. |
| Charlene | Swankie | A sevety-year-old vandwelling guru. aka: Swankie Wheels. |
| David | Swanson | A former professional potter. |
| Mark | Thierman | A Reno attorney. |
| Henry David | Thoreau | American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist. |
| David A. | Thornburg | A writer. |
| J. R. R. | Tolkien | British philologist and author of classic high fantasy works. |
| Francis | Townsend | A California physician. |
| Anthony | Trollope | English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. |
| Shih | Tzu | A dog. |
| Robert | Uribe | One who opened a coffee shop in Douglas. |
| Kat | Valentino | One of the vandwellers. |
| Mike | Valentino | One of the vandwellers. |
| Bob | Vila | American home improvement television host. |
| Cathy | Villalobos | One of the campground hosts from California Land Management. |
| Greg | Villalobos | One of the campground hosts from California Land Management. |
| Randy | Vining | A writer. |
| Otto | von Bismarck | German statesman and Chancellor. |
| Kurt | Vonnegut | American writer. |
| Sam | Walton | An avid bird hunter. |
| Dennis | Weaver | American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. |
| Bob | Wells | A former Safeway shelf stocker from Alaska. |
| Don | Wheeler | A former jet-setting software executive. |
| Paul | Winer | A bookstore owner. |
| Alex | | Kat and Mike's son. |
| Alice | | Dan's wife. |
| Anita | | Bob's wife. |
| Audra | | Linda's daughter. |
| Barb | | A music teacher. |
| Barbara | | Chuck's wife. |
| Bob | | An accountant for a timber products firm. |
| Bro | | Tara's dog. |
| Carl | | Linda's CamperForce's neighbor. |
| Charlie | | A former mechanic for a copper mining concern. |
| Chica | | A Chihuahua. |
| Coco | | One of Linda's dogs. |
| Collin | | Audra's husband. |
| Dale | | Riverside Casino's general manager. |
| Dan | | A former Walmart truck driver. |
| David | | Tioga George's son. |
| Donovan | | Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. |
| Doodle | | One of Linda's dogs. |
| Ed | | A former motorcycle cop. |
| Gabbi | | Linda's granddaughter. |
| Gary | | One of Linda's fellow camp host partner. |
| Gizmo | | A Chihuahua. |
| Halen | | Name of the van. |
| Jordan | | Linda May's granddaughter. |
| Julian | | Linda's grandson. |
| Julio | | David's dog. |
| Kasper | | An African Grey parrot. |
| Kaylee | | Lori's dog. |
| Keith | | A minister with ten children. |
| Layla | | Silvianne's cat. |
| Lonnie | | Owner of Nalley's Pit Shop |
| Lonnie Jr. | | Lonnie's son. |
| Madison | | A Shih Tzu. |
| Pancho | | A lovebird. |
| Patricia | | Ed's wife. A former mail carrier. |
| Rizzo | | Don Wheeler's Jack Russell terrier. |
| Ron | | Iris' acquaintance. |
| Ronnie | | Alex's pet. |
| Rudy | | A handyman. |
| Russell | | Lori's son. |
| Sammy | | Patti's Chihuahua. |
| Scout | | A puppy. |
| Skittles | | A dog. |
| Timber | | Rusty's dog. |
| Valerie | | Linda May's younger daughter. |
| Wayne | | A painter. |
| Wendy | | One of the nomads. |
