The Unvanquished, 226 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Thu, 2017-01-05 13:39
Text: 
The Unvanquished
Location: 
Sartoris Plantation in The Unvanquished (Location)
Page Number: 
226
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
But I had no chance. That is, I could have
Page Event Ends: 
227
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Ben Redmond
Bayard Sartoris
Colonel John Sartoris
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, June 2, 1872 to Thursday, August 14, 1873
Summary: 

Bayard admits he "had no chance" to try to talk his father into letting Redmond alone, because his father "stepped straight from the pilot of that engine into the race for the Legislature"; in the bitter contest between the two former business partners, Sartoris continued to badger him "without reason or need, since they both knew it would be a landslide for Father" (226-27).

Chronological Order: 
272.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Partnership, Business, Competition, Enmity, Enemies, Disagreement, Taunting, Railroad, Train, Election, Legislature, Landslide, Voting, Campaign, Badgering
Actions:
Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues:
Politics›Election
Themes and Motifs:
Memory›Uncertain
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son | Social›Adversarial

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