Sam Caldwell
Character Key Number:
3659
Display Name:
Sam Caldwell
Sort Name:
Caldwell, Sam
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
A regular customer of Miss Corrie's in The Reivers, Sam Caldwell is a "flagman" on "the Memphis Special," a train that runs to New York (127). He owes his job to his uncle, a "division superintendent" on the rail line (127), but shows himself as generous and kind when he helps the adventurers smuggle their horse to Parsham and again throughout their misadventures once they get there. Lucius says he is "almost as big as Boon" (135), and Boon sees him as a rival for Corrie's affections.