Characters in His Family
- Roger Gale, a New York businessman in his early 60s
- Edith Gale Cunningham, Roger's oldest daughter, in her early 30s
- Bruce Cunningham, Edith's husband (a "financial surgeon" who manages bankrupt businesses)
- George Cunningham, Bruce and Edith's oldest son, in his late teens
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Cunningham, Bruce and Edith's only daughter
- Deborah Gale Baird, Roger's middle daughter, a school principal
- Allan Baird, Deborah's husband, a successful doctor who leaves his practice to treat families living in the tenements
- Laura Gale Sloane, Roger's youngest daughter
- Hal Sloane, Laura's first husband
- John "Johnny" Geer, a crippled Irish boy who comes to work for Roger
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