Roughing It · Character
Governor Roop
A territorial governor and referee in a mining dispute.
minor
Also known as Roop, ex - Governor Roop, referee Roop, Ex - Governor Roop
First appearance: roughing it
Governor Roop's tie to The Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Roughing It—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned as the Governor of Nevada Territory, whose palace is described.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Mining Camp Disputes and Figures
- Protagonist
- Stagecoach and Travel Anecdotes
- Frontier Authority Figures
- Diverse Western and Historical Figures
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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social · positive
Governor Roop is a territorial official whose political antics and disputes amuse the… How this plays out →
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