Jackson McLendon
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Jackson McLendon
Sort Name:
McLendon, Jackson
AKA:
John McLendon
Mack Lendon
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Captain
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
Jackson McLendon organized a company of volunteers from Jefferson for World War I and was elected captain of it. The first time he appears in Faulkner's fiction, on the other hand, as John Lendon in "Dry September," he instead recruits a gang of men from the barbershop to lynch a Negro.
Note:
See also These Thirteen and Collected Stories. In the original publication of "Dry September," this character's name was Plunkett--TMT
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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