Preacher Birdsong

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Thu, 2017-10-26 14:50
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
Preacher Birdsong
Display Name: 
Preacher Birdsong
Sort Name: 
Birdsong, Preacher
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
France in World War I in The Town (Location)
Biography: 

Preacher Birdsong is a World War I veteran who "learned to box in France in the war" (192). He "lives out in the country," and likely is connected to the Birdsong family in Frenchman's Bend that appears in two other texts - but that's not made explicit. "Preacher" is his name, not a job title. Charles Mallison has seen him boxing with Matt Levitt.

Note: 
The Birdsong name appears also in Go Down, Moses and the short story "Pantaloon in Black." -JBC
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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