Short Fiction · Character
Dry Valley Johnson
A character from a dry region, possibly a rancher.
minor
Also known as Johnson, Dry Valley, Valley
First appearance: lord oakhurst s curse
Dry Valley Johnson shows up with force in One Thousand Dollars. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Not directly present; the story focuses on the Enterprise staff.
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In Calloway's Code: Not directly present; the story focuses on the Enterprise staff. Later, in The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson: A former sheepman who sells his ranch and becomes a strawberry farmer, later…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Rural and regional characters
- Con artists and schemers
- Outlaws and distinctive figures
- Married and older characters
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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- One Thousand Dollars
- The Rathskeller and the Rose
- The Making of a New Yorker
- An Adjustment of Nature
- The Handbook of Hymen
- Calloway's Code
- The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson
- Proof of the Pudding
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