| | Oswald |
Campbell | Protagonist. |
| | Mark |
Obecheck II | Oswald's doctor. |
| | Helen |
Gwinn | Oswald's ex-wife. |
| | Marshall |
Field | Department Store Owner. |
| | Mark |
Obecheck | Dr. Obecheck's father. |
| | Horace |
Dunlap | Director of Woodbound Hotel. |
| | Mr. S. Simms |
| One of the Woodbound Hotel visitors. |
| | L.J |
Grodziki | One of the Woodbound Hotel visitors. |
| | Frances |
Cleverdon | The woman from Alabama that Oswald befriended. |
| | Mildred |
Cleverdon | Frances's sister. |
| | Betty |
Kitchen | Frances's neighbor. Oswald's landlady. |
| | Roy |
Grimmitt | The man who ran a grocery store at Lost River. |
| | Claude |
Underwood | The best fisherman at Lost River. |
| | Bob |
| Roy's veterinarian friend. |
| | Jack |
| Roy's Redbird. |
| | Dottie |
Nivens | The postmistress. President of the association. |
| | Henry |
| Dottie's fat cat. |
| | Miss |
Alma | Betty's mother. |
| | Butch |
Mannich | A private investigator. AKA: Stick. |
| | Julian |
LaPonde | An old Creole who lives across the river. |
| | Elizabeth |
Rivers | Betty's friend who worked at Red Cross. |
| | Sybil |
Underwood | A Polka Dots member. Claude's wife. |
| | Marie |
LaPonde | Julian's daughter. The girl Roy falls in love with. |
| | Ralph |
| Frances's husband. |
| | Patsy |
Casey | The orphan girl who was fascinated by Jack. |
| | Ed |
Krause | Leader of Alabama AA Group. |
| | Tammie |
Suggs | Patsy's guardian. |
| | Billy |
Jenkins | Mildred's ex-fiance. |
| | James |
Douglas-Casey | Patsy's father. |
| | Brent |
Broone | The government employee who's looking for Patsy. |
| | Tom |
| The man that Claude helped. |
| | Richard |
| Tom's companion. |
| | Dr. |
Glickman | Patsy's doctor. |
| | Herber |
| Frances's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Amelia |
Martinez | Patsy's physical therapist. |
| | Mark |
Obecheck III | Dr. Obecheck's son. |
