# Jim Gilmore — Short Fiction character guide

> Jim Gilmore in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim

**First appearance:** 0001-up-in-michigan

## Who they are

A blacksmith in Up in Michigan.

## Relationships

### [Liz Coates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/liz_coates)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

### [Liz Coates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/liz_coates)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

### [Liz Coates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/liz_coates)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

## In the story

### [Up in Michigan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/up-in-michigan)

The blacksmith from Canada; Liz's object of affection; he gets drunk after the hunting trip and initiates a sexual encounter with Liz on the dock.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/vi)

Referred to as Mr. Borrow, the other old hand-worker who carved the Peerless Pounder pump.

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