characters.md

Hoborg characters

If you don't want to spoil the end, don't continue reading.

At the circus

Name	Date of Birth	Place of Birth	Race	Circus job	Other data
Frank Rivers aka Fulgencio "Full" Rivera aka Fulgencio Ribera	1892	Hispanic	Said to be in a non-specific place in California, but actually Bernalillo, NM	Roustabout	Main character, goes after the Mechanical Man, does not smoke. Putative mother Tarsicia, real mother, not known.
Manuel the Mechanical Man	1908	Mech	Pensacola Naval Yards	Mechanical Marvel	A roving robot
Rufus "the Mechanical Man man" Reed	1883	Black	Pensacola	Mechanical marvel fixer-upper	Blacksmith and then mechanic
Vince "Chilly" Winters	1887	Virginia	Black	Roustabout	Fulgencio's buddy in the circus, circus roustabout and all-hands man.
Bill "Red" Rickard	-	Florida	Black Seminole	Circus roustabout	Shows up only fleetingly
Boris "Just Boris" Bacigalupo	1858	Memphis, Tennessee	Black	Circus manager	-
Raúl "Puff" Ramírez	1867	Bayamo, Cuba	Hispanic	Ringmaster	Cynical ringmaster of the circus, he's been through all and seen it all. Smokes a pipe.
Guy "Indian Giver" Hillcrest	-	-	Caucasian	Layout man	He says he's octoroon. Good with negotiations and cracking wise at kidnappers.
Theodore "Cracker" Armistead	1846	Augusta, Georgia	White	Blackface clown, boss of the clown posse	Son of plantation owner and slaver, fought as a volunteer for the confederate Army, joining the Revolution for being against the USA
"Clippo"	-	-	-	Auguste clown	Cracker's sidekick, usual butt of his jokes
Tracy Wilson	1888	Miami, Florida	White	Poser at the jig show	Possum girl that joins the circus.
Shorty	-	-	-	Circus midget?	Shares cabin with Full in the boat to New Orleans.

At the hobo jungle

Name	Date of Birth	Place of Birth	Race	Other data
Reuben "Duke of Poo" Poole	1843	Richmond, Virginia	Caucasian	Bum with delirium of greatness, former railroad owner
Gummy Eddy	1881	-	Caucasian	Hobo with no teeth
Captain Cabo	-	-	Hispanic	Hobo that served in the American army during the Cuban-American war.
Wireless Jim	-	-	Black	Hobo that invented the radio and talks like one
Henry Hatless Daring Dale	-	-	Black	Revolutionary bum
Eyebrowless Eric	-	-	Asian	Hobo mentioned once

At Pinkerton

Name	Office	Race	Other data
Cyrus	Albuquerque and then Tallahassee	Black	Mission officer for the mech retrieval.
Gary	Albuquerque and then Tallahassee	Hispanic	Mission officer for the mech retrieval.
Claire	St. Louis and then Tallahassee	White	Undercover operative

At the Florida Government

Name	Position	Race	Other data
Monday Cudjo	Patriotic Council Chairman	Mixed, black, Muskogee, Hispanic	Not mentioned in this book, only in the geography appendix.