Crawford Gowrie
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Crawford Gowrie
Sort Name:
Gowrie, Crawford
Parent:
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Dies
Occupation:
Production
Specific Job:
Lumber Dealer
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Suicide
Biography:
Crawford Gowrie, the intruder behind the novel's title, never directly appears in the narrative, but the details of his biography are memorable. Second of Hub Gowrie's six sons, he deserted from the U.S. Army on the day before World War I ended, hid for eighteen months "in a series of caves and tunnels in the hills" of Yoknapatawpha, was captured after a gunfight with authorities, served a year in prison, worked out of Memphis either as a rum-runner or a strike-breaker, then returned to Beat Four, reportedly to "more or less settle down" (161). Those reports are premature.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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