# Dave Walsh — Lost Face character guide

> Dave Walsh in Lost Face by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dave, Big Dave Walsh, Dave Walsh—Big Dave Walsh

**First appearance:** 0005-the-passing-of-marcus-o-brien

## Snapshot

A big, good-natured miner whose discovery of a rich claim sets off a chain of greed and betrayal he never saw coming.

## Who they are

Dave Walsh is the kind of man who shares his last flapjack and expects the same in return, which is why his partner's treachery cuts so deep. When he strikes gold, the news travels faster than he can protect it, and the friendships he counted on curdle into envy and scheming. His open-handed trust—and the painful education that follows—anchors a story about what gold does to men who were never rich before.

## Relationships

### [Lon McFane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/lon_mcfane)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and The Man are comrades, often found together in the harsh northern landscape.

### [Mr. Indian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/mr_indian)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Mr. Indian have a respectful, cooperative relationship as fellow frontiersmen.

### [Lon McFane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/lon_mcfane)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and The Man are comrades, often found together in the harsh northern landscape.

### [Lon McFane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/lon_mcfane)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Lon McFane are close companions, sharing adventures and hardships in the wilderness.

### [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/the_man)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and The Man are comrades, often found together in the harsh northern landscape.

### [Mr. Indian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/mr_indian)

_friendship_

Dave Walsh and Mr. Indian have a respectful, cooperative relationship as fellow frontiersmen.

## In the story

### [Flush of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/chapters/flush-of-gold)

A powerful and kind man who loved Marie and claimed her 'even unto death,' but she fled from him with a Russian count.

## Links

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