Lucas Burch

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Tue, 2013-11-26 12:28
Text: 
Light in August
Character Key: 
Lucas Burch
Display Name: 
Lucas Burch
Sort Name: 
Burch, Lucas
AKA: 
Joe Brown
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Criminal
Specific Job: 
Mill Worker, Bootlegger
First Mentioned: 
Road from Winterbottom's Farm to Varner's Store in Light in August (Location)
Home: 
Cabin at Burden Place in Light in August (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Sunday, January 1, 1911 to Sunday, December 31, 1911
Biography: 

"Tall, young. Dark complected" (55). One of the "sawdust Casanovas" among the Doane's Mill workers, Lucas Burch impregnates and deserts Lena Grove in Alabama (6). He finds his way to Jefferson, where, unimaginatively changing his name to "Joe Brown," he takes a menial job in the planing mill, but he quits to join Christmas as partner in a bootleg whiskey business.

Note: 
Keywords: bootlegging, seduction, seducer
Financial Status: 
laborer (works for wages)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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