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Joe Calone

A broke cowpuncher with a registered brand and a gambler's itch, Wild Jo Calone becomes fixated on capturing the one mustang nobody can catch.

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Also known as Calone, Jo Calone, Jo, Wild Jo Calone, Wild Jo, V Wild Jo

First appearance: The Pacing Mustang

As a supporting figure in Wild Animals I Have Known, Joe Calone is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Wild Jo Calone first spots the mustang and becomes obsessed with capturing him, eventually organizing an expedition to walk him down.
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Jo Calone rides the Perico range for twenty-five dollars a month, dreaming of a ranch and an outfit of his own while his brand, the hogpen, sits on a single old cow. He knows bronks down to subsoil and swears a black…

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TPThe Pacing Mus…LOLoboRARaggylugOTOld TurkeytrackWUWullyJCJoe Calone

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Outlaws and Wild Spirits
  • Protagonist
  • Ranch Hands and Wily Foxes

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Joe Calone in The Pacing Mustang