Roughing It · Character
Reuel Gridley
A man who runs a humorous sack of flour auction for charity.
minor
Also known as Gridley
First appearance: roughing it
Reuel Gridley shows up with force in XLV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Former schoolmate of the narrator, Democratic candidate for mayor in Austin, and central figure in the Sanitary Flour Sack fundraising campaign.
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Story tension across the book.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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