# Colonel J. Heron Foster — The Innocents Abroad character guide

> Colonel J. Heron Foster in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Colonel J. Heron Foster

**First appearance:** 0006-iv

## Who they are

A military officer or journalist on the trip.

## In the story

### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlvii)

Implied as the Colonel who claimed the land flowed with milk and honey and that turtles sing.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/endnotes)

Noted as a most estimable gentleman; the author expresses pain at learning of his decease shortly after his return home.

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