| 1 | | | Clay |
| | Helen | Land | Jeremiah's wife. |
| | Jeremiah | Land | A school janitor. |
| | Reuben | Land | Helen and Jeremiah's son. Aka: Rube. |
| | Animas | Nokes | Land's family doctor. |
| | Davy | | Reuben's older brother. |
| | Swede | | Reuben's younger sister. |
| 2 | | | His separate Shadow |
| | August | Shultz | Jeremiah's lifelong friend. |
| | Dolly | | Davy's girlfriend. |
| | Israel | Finch | One of the boys who bullied Davy. |
| | Tommy | Basca | One of the boys who bullied Davy. aka: Bubby. |
| | Birdie | | Augusts' wife. |
| | Doot | | Augusts' horse. |
| | Henry | | A horse. |
| 3 | | | Beauteous Are My Cakes Indeed |
| | | Heintz | A football coach. |
| | Robert | | Coach Heintz's son. |
| | Christine | | Dolly's friend. |
| | Miss | Nelson | Swede's teacher. |
| | James | Reach | The Methodist preacher. |
| | Eunice | | Pastor Reach's wife. |
| | Johnny | Latt | A reverend. |
| | Bethany | Orchard | Reuben's friend. |
| | Jeff | Swanson | Reuben's acquaintance. |
| | Gerard | Layton | A member of the Methodist Church. |
| | Joe | | One of the members of the church. |
| 4 | | | Your Toughened Heart |
| | John | Milton | An English poet. |
| | Ted | Pullet | A town cop. |
| | Frank | O'Rourke | A former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. |
| | Mr. | Haplin | A literate bachelor. |
| | Zane | Grey | An American author. |
| | Tin | Lurvy | A traveling salesman. |
| | John | Calvin | A French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva. |
| | Draper | | A man who ran a few independent Jersey cows. |
| | Ivar | | A proficient biologist. |
| 5 | | | Peeking at Eternity |
| | John | Donne | An English poet, scholar, and soldier. |
| | Herman | Melville | An American novelist, short story writer, and poet. |
| | Owen | Wister | An American writer and historian. |
| | Robert Louis | Stevenson | A Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. |
| | Marianne | Evans | Jeremiah's acquaintance. |
| | Harold | Barkus | The gas and oil man. |
| | Leroy | Biersten | The principal of the school. |
| | Oscar | Larson | Jeremiah's acquaintance. |
| | Gary | Sweet | The butcher. |
| | Ron | Simonson | Jeremiah's acquaintance. |
| | Clark | Kentlike | A reporter. |
| | Walt | Stockard | One of the deputies. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| | Mrs. | Willis | A teacher. |
| | Julius | Caesar | Former Roman consul. |
| | | Raster | A judge. |
| | Thomas | DeCuellar | Davy's deense attorney. |
| | Chester | Holgren | The superintendent of the school. |
| | Mr. | Ringman | A janitor. |
| | Jack | Benedick | A pipe-and-furnace man in Montrose. |
| | Roger | Capps | A man who die from falling out of a helicopter. |
| | Mrs. | Nokes | Dr. Nokes' wife. |
| 6 | | | When Sorrows Like Sea Billows Roll |
| | Margery | Basca | Tommy Basca's aunt. |
| | Stanley | Basca | Tommy Basca's father. |
| | Karen | Basca | Tommy Basca's mother. |
| | Mighty | Stinson | Davy's fellow inmate. |
| | Mrs. | DeCuellar | Mr. DeCuellar's wife. |
| | Harold | Godwinson | King of England. |
| | Mrs. | Bushka | A bakery owner. |
| | Peter | Emerson | Reuben's acquaintance. |
| | Miss | Karlen | A school teacher. |
| | Mr. | Hyde | Jeremiah's acquaintance. |
| | Mrs. | Buelah | A nurse. |
| 7 | | | Late in the Night When The Fires Are Out |
| | Elvis | | The prosecuting attorney. |
| | Daniel | Webster | An American lawyer and statesman. |
| | Mr. | Finch | Israel Finch's grandfather. |
| | Valentino | Vail | Reuben's acquaintance. |
| | C. S. | Lewis | A British writer and lay theologian. |
| | Graham | Greene | An English writer and journalist. |
| | Charles | Dickens | An English writer and social critic. |
| | Robert Louis | Stevenson | A Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. |
| | Francis | Drake | An English naval officer. |
| 8 | | | A Boy on a Horse |
| | Charlie | Pym | A sheriff. |
| | Stube | Range | Walt Stockard's colleague. |
| | Mickey | Spillane | An American crime novelist. |
| | Nelson | Svedvig | A farmer. |
| | Aaron W. | Groap | A columnist. |
| | Chet | Huntley | One of the state cops. |
| | David | Brinkley | One of the state cops. |
| | Jesse | James | An American outlaw. |
| 9 | | | By The Grace of Lurvy |
| | Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President. |
| | Ludwig | Beethoven | A German composer and pianist. |
| | Raymond | | Reuben's new acquaintance. |
| | Pugger | | Raymond's neighbor. |
| | Cole | Younger | An American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War. |
| | Butch | Cassidy | An American criminal. |
| | John Wesley | Hardin | An American gunfighter. |
| | Alfred | | Reuben's acquaintance. |
| | Theodore | Roosevelt | 26th U.S. President. aka: Teddy. |
| | Martin | Andreeson | A federal investigator. |
| | James | | Cole's younger brother. |
| | Frank | | One of James' friends. |
| | Jesse | | One of James' friends. |
| | Heywood | | A bank teller. |
| | | Paxton | A sheriff. |
| | William B. | Travis | A lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army. |
| | Jean | Lafitte | A French pirate and privateer. |
| 10 | | | The Substance of Things Hoped For |
| | Speedy | | Augusts' old friend. |
| 11 | | | The Last Thing He Would Do |
| | Ricky | | A hound. |
| | Earl | Battey | An American professional baseball player. |
| | Mark | Twain | An American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. |
| | Mike | | A horse. |
| | Laurie | | One of the horses. |
| | Brit | | One of the horses. |
| | Gerald | | A turkey. |
| | Rip | | A dog. |
| 12 | | | At War With This Whole World |
| | Meriwether | Lewis | An American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator. |
| | Thomas | Jefferson | 3rd U.S. President. |
| | Sam | Bass | An American Old West train robber and outlaw. |
| | David | Balfour | A Scottish-Danish shipbuilder, director of Bremerholm. |
| | Charlie | Pitts | James Younger's friend. |
| | Bob | Younger | Charlie Pitts' compadres. |
| 13 | | | Something Warm |
| | Muriel | | The chief of the North Dakota State Patrol. |
| | Frederic | Remington | An American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. |
| | Roxanna | Cawley | A woman who operates a gas station in Badland. |
| | Beth | | A goat. |
| | Randy | | The Billy goat. |
| 14 | | | The Skin Bag |
| | Mr. | Cawley | Roxanna's father. The theater operator. |
| | Mrs. | Cawley | Roxanna's mother. |
| | Pancho | Villa | Previous owner of the clapboard theater. |
| | Johnny | Weissmuller | An Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer. |
| | Maureen | O'Sullivan | An American-Irish actress. |
| | Marlene | Dietrich | A German-born American actress and singer. |
| | Dalton | Trumbo | An American screenwriter and novelist. |
| | Lee Van | Cleef | An American actor. |
| | Lex | Barker | An American actor. |
| | Francisco | Goya | A Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. |
| | Sonny | Liston | An American professional boxer. |
| | Howard | Cawley | Roxanna's great-uncle. |
| 15 | | | Under The Gibbon Moon |
| | Voltaire | | A French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. |
| | Rembrandt | | A Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. |
| | Ray | Levy | Andreeson's supervisor. |
| 16 | | | The Throbbing Heart of News |
| | Lonnie | Ford | Roxanna's neighbor. |
| | Fry | | A horse. |
| | Jape | Waltzer | The man who houses Davy in the Badland. |
| | Jarave | | A Bolivian lieutenant. |
| | Harry Alonzo | Longabaugh | An outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. |
| | Jonas R. | Work | Veteran of the Great War and member of the flying corps in Leon. |
| | Etta | | Longabaugh's sweetheart. |
| 17 | | | The Little Man's Country |
| | Odysseus | | A legendary Greek king of Ithaca. |
| | Sara | | A young girl that Jape Waltzer is raising as a daughter. |
| | Williams | | A cook. |
| | Emil | | A pig. |
| 19 | | | Boy Ready |
| | Dr. | Nickles | Reuben's doctor. |
| 20 | | | The ledger of Our Decisions |
| | Mike | Lanz | The young county sheriff. |
| | Harper | Juval | A federal investigator. |
| | Benedict | Arnold | A military officer. |
| | Joaquin | Murieta | The great
bandito. |
| | Ramon | | Joaquin's little brother. |
| | Fitger | | Lanz's deputy. |
| | Robert E. | Lee | An American-Confederate general. |
| | Billy | | Mr. Ford's horse. |
| 21 | | | The Red Farm |
| | Myrtle | | Pastor Reach great-aunt. |
| | Henry | | Peter's brother. |
| | Josie | | Peter's eldest brother. |
| | Hensrud | | A farmer. |
| 23 | | | The Curious Music That I Hear |
| | Galen | Max | The deputy. |
