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