Flags in the Dust, 23 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2018-01-21 14:22
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Location: 
Jefferson Railroad Line in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
23
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and that robber and that other feller he kilt
Page Event Ends: 
23
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
(Old Man) Will Falls
Colonel John Sartoris
Unnamed "Feller"
Unnamed Robber
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Monday, January 1, 1866 to Saturday, August 9, 1873
Summary: 

Will Falls' account of the "killin'" that Colonel Sartoris did in the years after the Civil War includes "that robber and that other feller he kilt" (23). (In The Unvanquished we hear about these killings in more detail.)

Chronological Order: 
11.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Violence:Shooting Murder Crime:Robbery
Actions:
Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues:
Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics:
Diction›Rural vernacular

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