The Life of Buffalo Bill · Character
Old Gobel
The Kansas neighbor who first put young Will Cody behind a wagon team, teaching a restless boy the plainsman's trade before the plains ever called him west.
supporting
Also known as Gobel, the Gobel
First appearance: iii boy days in kansas
As a supporting figure in The Life of Buffalo Bill, Old Gobel is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Old Gobel belongs to the small fraternity of settlers and freighters who gave the young Cody his earliest work, hiring him when he was still a boy more comfortable in a saddle than at a desk. The arrangement suits a…
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- Other
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- Extended Frontier Network
- Scouting and Freighting Associates
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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