| 1 | | | PART ONE |
| | Rocinante | | John Steinbeck's vehicle. |
| | John | Steinbeck | An American author. |
| | Charley | | An old French gentleman poodle. |
| | Donna | | A hurricane. |
| | Fayre Eleyne | | A cabin boat. |
| 2 | | | PART TWO |
| | Nikita | Khrushchev | Former Premier of the Soviet Union. |
| | Henry | Morley | An English writer. |
| | Sam'l | Hamilton | John Steinbeck's grandfather. |
| | Joseph | Addison | An English essayist. |
| | Elizabeth | Otis | American poet. John Steinbeck's long-time friend. |
| | Eleanor | Brace | John Steinbeck's good friend. |
| | George | | An old gray cat. |
| | Lee | | A Chinese cook. |
| | Jack | Wagner | An American actor and singer. |
| | Nelson | Eddy | An American singer. |
| | Jeanette | MacDonald | An American singer. |
| | Fred | Allen | An American comedian. |
| | Joseph | Alsop | An American journalist. |
| | John | Knox | A Scottish minister, theologian, and writer. |
| | Elvis | Presley | An American singer. |
| | Cole | Porter | An American composer. |
| | Allen P. | Huggins | A Northern man who had settled in Mississippi after the war. |
| | Homer | | The presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. |
| | Sinclair | Lewis | An American novelist. |
| | Geoffrey | | A British cleric. Aka: Geoffrey of Monmouth. |
| | Dwight D. | Eisenhower | 34th U.S. President. |
| | Ed | Ricketts | An American biologist. |
| | Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President. |
| | Joe | | A good mechanic. |
| | Lucille | | John Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| 3 | | | PART THREE |
| | Franklin D. | Roosevelt. | 32nd U.S. President. |
| | Herodotus | | An ancient Greek historian. |
| | Marco | Polo | A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer. |
| | John | Mandeville | An author. |
| | Jack | Soo | A Japanese American actor. |
| | Andy | Larsen | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| | John | Gielgud | An English actor and theatre and director. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| | George | Custer | A United States Army officer and cavalry commander. |
| | Sitting Bull | | A Hunkpapa Lakota leader. |
| | Charles E. | Scott Wood | An American author. |
| | Nelson | Miles | An American military general. |
| | Chief | Joseph | Leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce. |
| | Robbie | | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| | Julius | Caesar | A Former Roman consul. |
| | Warren G. | Harding | 29th U.S. President. |
| | Herbert | Hoover | 31st U.S. President. |
| | John F. | Kennedy | 35th U.S. President. |
| | Richard | Nixon | 37th U.S. President. |
| | Robert F. | Kennedy | Former United States Attorney General. |
| | Genghis | Khan | Founder and first Great Khan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire. |
| | Johnny | Garcia | Steinbeck's friend. |
| | Thomas | Wolfe | American novelist. |
| | Joseph | Duckworth | A colonel in the United States Air Force. Aka: Joe. |
| | Willie | Tripp | One of Steinbeck's acquaintances. |
| | John C. | Frémont | An American explorer, military officer, and politician. |
| | Moctezuma II | | The ninth tlatoani or ruler of the Aztec Empire. |
| 4 | | | PART FOUR |
| | Edna | Ferber | An American novelist, short story writer and playwright. |
| | King Arthur | | A legendary British leader. |
| | Neal | | A hired helper. |
| | Mr. | Cooper | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| | Ulysses | | Eldest son of Mr. Cooper. |
| | Ignatius | | Ulysses' brother. |
| | Mrs. | Cooper | Ulysses and Ignatius' mother. |
| | Doctor | St. Martin | Steinbeck's friend. |
| | Nellie | | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| | Lyle | Saxon | A writer and journalist. |
| | Roark | Bradford | An American short story writer. |
| | Robert John | Cresswell | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
| | Lewis | Carroll | An English writer of children's fiction. |
| | Martin Luther | King,Jr. | An African American minister and activist |
| | Mahatma | Gandhi | An Indian lawyer. |
| | Monsieur | Ci Git | Steinbeck's acquaintance. |
