Calvin BookwrightBookright
Character Key Number:
330
Display Name:
Calvin BookwrightBookright
Sort Name:
Bookwright|Bookright, Calvin
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
We can say for sure that this character lives in or near the Frenchman's Bend part of Yoknapatawpha, but otherwise our composite Bookwright|Bookright is based on interpretation. In The Town Cal Bookright is the father of the woman Zack Houston marries. In The Mansion Calvin Bookwright is a moonshiner: according to Hoke McCarron, the "stuff [he] used to make" tasted "jest like" Bushmill's, a well-known brand of Irish whiskey (190). In The Reivers "Uncle Cal Bookwright" makes moonshine whiskey that can be bought at Mack Winbush's for two dollars a gallon (12). Brooks identifies the "Bookwright" who appears in the short story "Tomorrow" as the same man, but we follow Volpe in treating that Bookwright as another character.