Study Guide

Cold Mountain Characters

By Charles Frazier

Inman is the leading man of this story. It's easy for readers to connect with his longing to go...

Ada Monroe is a bright and sophisticated woman…with a super-deep interior life. She's...

Need to feed fifteen people on short notice? Chop down a tree and make a fence? Trade a piano for...

Monroe, Ada's father, is already dead when the book begins. But he's an important character all...

Esco and Sally Swanger are the people everyone wants as neighbors. They're hardworking, generous,...

Stobrod is not the man you want to hire. Actually, he's not really the man you want to be your...

Pangle is a lovable character, even though we don't see very much of him in the book. He has...

Teague is just plain mean. He runs the Home Guard near Cold Mountain, so he has the official duty...

Veasey is a guy you don't want on your group study project. Or really anything that requires...

The woman with the goats is a bit strange, but she's kind and generous. She aids Inman's healing...

Sara's kind and hospitable, despite being dirt poor and with a baby to care for. Her husband was...

Yep, Junior's house is as crooked as a Tim Burton set. So is he, as it turns out. In Burton, all...