Roughing It · Character
Dick Baker
A miner and storyteller, known for his cat Tom Quartz.
minor
First appearance: roughing it
Dick Baker shows up with force in LXI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A gentle pocket-miner of Dead-Horse Gulch, who tells the story of his cat Tom Quartz.
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Story tension across the book.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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