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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