Roughing It · Character

Philip Lynch

A miner and acquaintance in the camps.

minor

Also known as Lynch

First appearance: roughing it

Philip Lynch'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.

Present during the confrontation between Wiegand and Winters.

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With The Narrator (friendship): Philip Lynch is a fellow traveler and companion who shares the Narrator's adventures in the mining camps. With The Narrator (friendship): Philip Lynch is a fellow traveler and companion who shares the Narrator's adventures in the mining camps. With The Narrator (friendship): Philip Lynch is a fellow traveler and companion who shares the Narrator's adventures in the mining camps.

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Story tension across the book.

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Aftermath
Closing

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The Narrator
friendship · positive
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The Narrator
friendship · positive
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The Narrator
friendship · positive
Philip Lynch is a fellow traveler and companion who shares the Narrator's adventures in… How this plays out →

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Appendix C: Concerning a Frightful Assassination That Was Never Consummated

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