Unnamed Grandfather of Mr. Pearson
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Unnamed Grandfather of Mr. Pearson
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Unnamed Grandfather of Mr. Pearson
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The memory of Mr. Pearson's unnamed grandfather is the first point in "The Tall Men" where he begins to identify with the McCallum family. When Pearson enters the bedroom where the injured Buddy McCallum lies, he sees beside Buddy's bedside a "big, old-fashioned, wicker-covered demijohn" like the one in which his grandfather kept his own whiskey (49).