| Pro | Margery | O'Hare | A horse pack librarian. |
| | Charley | | Margery's mule. |
| | Nancy | | Margery's neighbor. |
| | Jean | | Margery's bedbound sister. |
| | Mack | McGuire | A handsome cowboy. |
| | Clem | McCullough | Margery's enemy. |
| 1 | Bennett | Van Cleve Jr. | Alice's husband. |
| | Alice W. | Van Cleve | Bennett's wife. Margery's friend. |
| | Annie | | Bennett and Alice's housekeeper. |
| | McIntosh | | The church pastor. |
| | Mrs. | Schmidt | A tea café owner. |
| | Isabelle | Brady | One of the WPA council. |
| | Lena | Nofcier | Chairman of library service for the Kentucky PTA. |
| | Mrs. | Roosevelt | The First Lady of the United States. |
| | Peggy | Foreman | Bennett's childhood lover. |
| | Jenny | Fitzwalter | Alice's playmate. |
| | Gideon | | Alice's brother. |
| | Harriet | | Alice's aunt. |
| | Dolores | Van Cleve | Bennett's mother. |
| | Bennett | Van Cleve Sr. | Bennett's father. Aka: Geoff. |
| | Frederick | Guisler | The horse dealer. |
| | Henry | Porteous | One of the WPA members. |
| | Dr. | Garnett | A Doctor. |
| | George | Simmonds | One of the WPA members. |
| | Hatch | | The governor. |
| 2 | Beth | Pinker | One of the librarians. |
| | Frank | O'Hare | Margery's father. |
| | Petunia | Grant | The schoolmaster. One of the clients. |
| | F. | Homer | One of the clients. |
| | Jim | Homer | Margery's acquaintance. |
| | Mae | Homer | Jim's wife. |
| | Scooter | | Beth's horse. |
| 3 | Patch | | Mr. Guisler's old horse. |
| | Pastor | Willoughby | The church pastor. |
| | Mrs. | Lowe | Bennett's acquaintance. |
| | Pete | Schrager | Bennett's friend. |
| | Mrs. | Beidecker | A schoolteacher. |
| | Sven | Gustavsson | Margery's lover. |
| | Bluey | | Sven's dog. |
| 4 | Jack | O'Hare | Margery's brother. |
| | Papaw | O'Hare | Margery's grandmother. |
| | Bill | McCullough | The man who killed Frank. |
| | Kathleen | Bligh | Alice's neighbor. |
| | Garett | Bligh | Kathleen's husband. |
| | Hoffman | | A mining company owner. |
| | William | Kenworth | William's sister. |
| | Mrs. | Pfeiffer | Sven's lover. |
| | Sophia | Kenworth | Margery's old friend. One of the librarians. |
| | Miss | Ada | Miss Sophia's mother. |
| 6 | Pamela | | Pastor McIntosh's sister. |
| | Bryn | Pinker | Beth's little brother. |
| 7 | Lina | | Beth's aunt. |
| | Tex | Lafayette | A singer. |
| | Mr. | Chips | Owner of a Brookfield School. |
| | Daniel | McGraw | The Union
organizer. |
| | Ed | Siddly | The Union organizer. |
| | Chet | Mitchell | A drunkard. |
| 8 | Mr. | Rand | The owner of a picture house. |
| | Jim | Forrester | One of the town elders. |
| | Sam | Torrance | One of the town elders. |
| | Michael | Murphy | One of the town elders. |
| 11 | Henry | | The man who flirted with Alice. |
| | Miss | Christina | Dolores's doll. |
| | Miss | Evangeline | Dolores's doll. |
| 13 | Dan | Meakins | The local blacksmith. |
| 15 | Benjamin | | Sofia's former lover. |
| 16 | Mrs. | Cornish | Margery's friend. |
| 18 | Molly | | The cashier at Nice and Quick. |
| | Bob | Archer | The sheriff. |
| | Officer | Dalton | A police officer. |
| | Henry | Denhardt | A criminal. |
| 20 | Officer | Dulles | A Virginian police officer. |
