Paul Rainey
Character Key Number:
3696
Display Name:
Paul Rainey
Sort Name:
Rainey, Paul
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The "Paul Rainey" whom Lucius mentions in The Reivers was a real Northern millionaire famous for his love of hunting (163). As Lucius notes, he "liked our country enough to use some of [his] Wall Street money" to purchase 11,000 acres of Mississippi land as a hunting preserve (163). Faulkner's father Murry knew him personally.