Jabbo Gatewood

Character Key Number: 
3252
Display Name: 
Jabbo Gatewood
Sort Name: 
Gatewood, Jabbo
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Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In The Town Jabbo Gatewood is the son of Uncle Noon Gatewood, who as a blacksmith shod horses. In a sign of social change, Jabbo becomes an automobile mechanic: "Jabbo was the best mechanic in the county and although he still got drunk and into jail as much as ever, he never stayed longer than just overnight anymore because somebody with an automobile always needed him to pay his fine by morning" (71).

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