Roughing It · Character
Mr. Goodman
A newspaper editor and acquaintance of the narrator.
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First appearance: roughing it
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In XLII: Chief editor and proprietor of the Enterprise; gives the narrator instructions and advice on reporting. Later, in XLV: Co-founder of the Territorial Enterprise, which grew from a struggling weekly into a…
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