Lee MacCallum
Character Key Number:
81
Display Name:
Lee MacCallum
Sort Name:
MacCallum, Lee
Parent Character Key:
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
One of the six sons of Virginius MacCallum in Flags in the Dust, and of the five sons of Anse McCallum in "The Tall Men," Lee is described in the novel as the "least talkative of them all"; his face is "a dark, saturnine mask" and his eyes are "black and restless," with "something wild and sad" lurking in them" (334). He plays almost no part in the events in the short story. Like most of the MacCallums, he is named for a prominent Confederate - Robert E. Lee.