# Reuel Gridley — Roughing It character guide

> Reuel Gridley in Roughing It by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gridley

**First appearance:** 0001-roughing-it

## Who they are

A man who runs a humorous sack of flour auction for charity.

## In the story

### [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/xlv)

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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