For 14-year old Walter, his great uncles’ farm in rural Texas is the last place on earth he wants to spend the summer. Dumped off by his mother, Mae, in the middle of nowhere with two crazy old men and the promise that she’ll come back for him, Walter doesn’t know what to believe in. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCaan are rumored to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and/or war criminals in their younger days. The truth is elusive, although they do seem to have an endless supply of cash. But Walter begins to see a new side to his great uncles when he stumbles on an old photograph of a beautiful woman hidden away in a trunk and asks Garth who she is.
Daniel and his sister are left in the fate of their poverty stricken grandmother, who apprentices Daniel to the local blacksmith. A harsh man, he beats Daniel and the other boys who serve him. Daniel finally runs away. On the edge of dying of exposure on the hills outside his hometown, Daniel is rescued by Rosh, the leader of a shabby band of zealots. This act of kindness earns Rosh Daniel’s undying loyalty.
‘Harrison’ Jim’s boss is furious when he finds out and causes Jessica to run away. When Jessica goes missing Jim is already out in the highlands and he finds her horse alone and Jessica is nowhere in sight. He searches for her everywhere and eventually hears her calls of distress from over the edge of a cliff. He rescues her and they share a kiss. After returning to the farm they find that Jim would be the only one who could find the missing colt.
When collecting a large amount of money and found no treasure. Stowell struck by him. Some of his relatives realized his is a rat. Finally, the family called Jr. and has him arrested for fraud. Smith appears in front of the justice of the people in March 20, 1826 in front of Albert Nealy.
Minor characters Christopher Unwin Christopher Unwin was the only surviving son of a wealthy mining family. Christopher is a character who became a victim of Josiah Bont’s Greed as Josiah attempted to pre-bury him in order to steal Christopher’s valuable belongings. But unfortunately for Josiah he was too lazy and greedy to make sure that Christopher was actually fully covered in his grave, so he awoke from his grave and went preaching to the townspeople accusing Josiah of being a “spawn of Satan” for what he had done. Because of Christopher waking and warning everyone about how desperate Josiah had gotten for valuables the townspeople had nailed Josiah on top of a mountain and left him there. Quotes * “Your father tried to kill me in my sleep this night.” (p199) * “That spawn of Satan had laid me there.” (p199) * “Lucky for me, in his laziness and lust to be at my possessions” (p200) * “I had to scramble like a mole to get free.” (p200) Jane Martin Jane Martin was a young Puritan girl who minds Anna’s children when she is at work.
After stealthy killing around fifteen men, John finally finds the guy who sold the guns. He tells him that the guns weren’t his to sell and that he needs them back. The guy responds by saying I needed to sell the guns or else I was going to die. Out of anger, John kills the guy. A girl named Sarah came from around the corner and explained to John and Marline that they could get the guns back if they did something for the bandits.
Anse decides that pouring cement all over Cash’s leg will help the break, smart huh?(*sarcasticly). He then mortgages everything he owns and sells Jewel’s special horse in order to buy a new team of mules. When the family rests for the night at Gillespie’s farm, Darl burns the barn down in order to try and cremate his own mother, but is unsuccessful. When the family finally arrives in Jefferson, Dewey Dell tries to get an abortion, but is instead forced into sex by a younger poor excuse of a man pretending to be a doctor. Then her father takes the money she needs to use to get a real abortion in order to buy himself a new set of teeth.
On Balian's journey to Jerusalem, his ship is run aground by a storm, leaving Balian and a horse as the survivors of the wreck. When Balian releases the horse from the wreckage it flees in panic. Tracking the horse into the desert, Balian is confronted by a Muslim cavalier and his servant. A fight over possession of the horse follows and Balian slays the horseman, but spares the servant, asking him to guide him to Jerusalem. Upon their arrival in Jerusalem, Balian gives the horse to the servant and releases him.
“Good by mr wigin tell them im strong tell them im a man”(234). Jefferson was at the wrong place at the wrong time when two other black men tried to rob a white man’s liquor store. After the death of these men, instead of calling 911 he steals some money out the register and a bottle of wine off shelf. After Jefferson has been sentenced to death by execution, his godmother, Miss Emma, requests that Grant Wiggins teaches him to be a man before he dies instead of allowing him to die as a hog-which is what Jefferson’s defense attorney refers to him as. Although Grant initially doesn’t want to help Jefferson, he gradually changes throughout this book and accomplishes his goal of transforming him into a man.
Look at the consequences, two dead, a man and the only women of the ranch. All this for a woman. If the police confirm what this man said, George could have heard the conversation that happened a few days ago between the victims. Here is his motivation for the possible murder of Curley’s wife. For now, the only fact that can incriminate George is that Crooks said that someone had stolen his gun and that he thinks that it’s George.