CHRISTY RUDD HUDDLESTON, a nineteen-year-old girl.
CHRISTY’S STUDENTS:
CREED ALLEN, age nine.
BESSIE COBURN, age twelve.
SAM HOUSTON HOLCOMBE, age nine.
RUBY MAE MORRISON, age thirteen.
DAVID GRANTLAND, the young minister.
IDA GRANTLAND, David’s sister.
ALICE HENDERSON, a Quaker mission worker originally from Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
DR. NEIL MACNEILL, the physician of the Cove.
LETY COBURN, mother of Christy’s student, Bessie.
KYLE COBURN, Bessie’s father.
FAIRLIGHT SPENCER, a mountain woman.
GRANNY BARCLAY, the midwife of the Cove.
MR. HUDDLESTON, Christy’s father.
MRS. HUDDLESTON, Christy’s mother.
GEORGE HUDDLESTON, Christy’s brother.
LANCE BARCLAY, a young man from Asheville.
MR. BARCLAY, Lance’s father.
MRS. BARCLAY, Lance’s mother.
MABEL BENTLEY, MELISSA BENTLEY, ELIZABETH DEERFIELD, and JEANETTE GRADY, Christy’s friends from Asheville.
THOMAS WOLFE, a boy from Asheville.