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Sailing Alone Around the World · Character

Tom Howard

A person met by the narrator in port.

minor

Also known as Howard

First appearance: vi

Tom Howard shows up with force in Chapter XIII: Australia and Tasmania. The page is where that presence becomes real.

An Irishman hired by Slocum to lecture about the shark on exhibition in Melbourne.
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In Chapter XIII: Australia and Tasmania: An Irishman hired by Slocum to lecture about the shark on exhibition in Melbourne. He becomes…

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See Tom Howard in vi