# John Carrickfergus — The Purple Land character guide

> John Carrickfergus in The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John

**First appearance:** 0031-appendix

## Who they are

Irishman encountered by Richard.

## In the story

### [Liberty and Dirt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxi-liberty-and-dirt)

The host, a fellow Englishman who has lived in the Banda Orientál for eighteen years, welcomes the narrator and shares his history.

### [Goodbye to the Purple Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/xxviii-goodbye-to-the-purple-land)

Referenced as an example of fearless connection to nature, thrusting hands into the soil.

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