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Jerry Card

Tull's wiry right-hand rider, frog-shaped in the saddle but graceful as any horseman, quick to steal Jane's beloved Arabians for the Mormon riders.

supporting

Also known as Jerry, Card

First appearance: ii cottonwoods

As a supporting figure in Riders of the Purple Sage, Jerry Card is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

One of Tull's men, ordered to fetch Venters from the courtyard.
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Jerry Card is the kind of rider other men recognize by the way he sits a horse — small, easy, and utterly at home in the saddle, which makes his thievery of Black Star and Night all the more galling. As Tull's lieutenant he carries out the dirty work of the Mormon riders, and his theft of Jane's racers turns a political feud into a personal race across the sage. Venters's pursuit of Card becomes one of the novel's sharpest tests of nerve, speed, and the will to kill.

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15 connections

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BDBishop DyerVEVentersBLBlakeDODornLALassiterJCJerry Card

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  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor characters and horses
  • Central antagonists and tragic past
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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