The Four Winds
The Four WindsKristin Hannah
Characters in The Four Winds
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Elsa Martinelli
Overlooked daughter of a well-off Texas family who marries into the Martinelli wheat farm and holds her children together through the Dust Bowl and the migration west.
Supporting characters
Loreda Martinelli
Elsa's headstrong teenage daughter, chafing against farm life and later drawn to the migrant workers' cause.
Anthony Martinelli
Elsa's young son, called Ant, whose health suffers badly in the dust storms.
Rafe Martinelli
Elsa's restless husband, a Martinelli son who never wanted the land and dreams of leaving it.
Rose Martinelli
Rafe's mother, an Italian immigrant bound to the family farm by faith and stubbornness.
Tony Martinelli
Rafe's father, an Italian immigrant who built the family's Texas wheat farm from almost nothing.
Jack Valen
A labor organizer in the California camps who becomes a mentor to Loreda.