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Travis Burdow
Dave Burdow is the father of Travis Burdow and the son of a somewhat-infamous man whom local lore holds to be a thief. As a result, the local community shuns and maligns the Burdows, especially after Travis causes Mary Creighton’s accidental death. But Dave Burdow shows himself to be better than people’s opinions of him warrant when he saves Jethro after Guy Wortman attacks him and when he generously contributes timber to rebuild the Creighton barn after Wortman burns it down.
Dave Burdow Quotes in Across Five Aprils
The Across Five Aprils quotes below are all either spoken by Dave Burdow or refer to Dave Burdow. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
“There be things that’s evil in these woods tonight. I seed evil apassin’ my place a while ago, comin’ in from the shortcut road to town and reelin’ in the saddle. I heered evil braggin’ in the saloon today about layin’ fer a young ’un on his way home.” He reached over and took the reigns from Jethro’s hands. “I’d best drive till we’re out of the brush,” he added. We’re gittin’ close to the place where some piz’nous snake might strike quick.”
The world was turning upside down for Jethro. He felt as if he were someone else […]. When he tried to speak, he found that […] his lips worked as they had often seemed to work in a bad dream to form the words that he wanted to say, but no sound passed them, and there was nothing to do but sit quietly while his mind floundered in the uncertainties that beset it.
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Dave Burdow Character Timeline in Across Five Aprils
The timeline below shows where the character Dave Burdow appears in Across Five Aprils. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...the arthritic general editor of the county newspaper, and—to Jethro’s horror—Travis Burdow’s giant, filthy father Dave. When he approaches the group to ask Milton for a paper, one of the men...
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Guy Wortman turns to Dave Burdow, suggesting that he might be able to pay Matt Creighton back for keeping Travis...
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But no sooner has Jethro lost sight of the Burdow cabin than Dave Burdow himself materializes among the trees, standing beside a saddled horse. He stops Jethro and...
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Dave Burdow rides with Jethro past Jake Roscoe’s place. Jethro hands over the promised newspaper wordlessly,...
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...to sit again, and begins to tell them about his encounters with Guy Wortman and Dave Burdow.
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Chapter 6
...with Ed Turner to talk to Wortman’s friends. Ellen wants him to stop and thank Dave Burdow for protecting Jethro’s life. But a minute after Matt walks out the cabin door,...
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Chapter 8
...too disabled to actually help, be brings a load of logs from none other than Dave Burdow. Burdow’s reputation in the neighborhood has improved since he saved Jethro’s life. At midday,...
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