# Eldon Burdick — Oil! character guide

> Eldon Burdick in Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eldon, Mr. Eldon Burdick, Mr. Burdick

**First appearance:** 0001-oil

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a lawyer or businessman.

## In the story

### [X: The University](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/x-the-university)

Bertie's husband, a military-minded amateur patriot who confronts Bunny about his Bolshevik sympathies during a horseback ride.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/ix)

Bertie's favored suitor, a handsome amateur patriot with a military mind; debates Bunny about the Bolshevik threat and advocates suppressing dissent.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xi)

His prophecies about the failure of Allied interventions are coming true.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as Bertie's former affair, now considered a 'dud'.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/iv)

Marries Alberta Ross; appointed secretary to the American embassy at Paris.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/iii)

Bertie is trying to get him appointed to a high diplomatic post; Bunny suspects him of setting spies.

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