Tony Fontaine is one of the sole caretakers of the Fontaine plantation after the war. After a former enslaved man approaches his brother’s widow Sally, Tony kills Jonas Wilkerson because he’d been leading the Freedman’s Bureau. Tony then flees to Texas, stopping at Scarlett and Frank Kennedy’s in Atlanta on his way.
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Tony Fontaine Character Timeline in Gone with the Wind
The timeline below shows where the character Tony Fontaine appears in Gone with the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...her stepson Cade in the leg. Brent points out that Beatrice had made jokes when Tony Fontaine shot him in the leg. The twins consider going home again. Stuart realizes gloomily...
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...often ended in the saloons where fights would break out. At one of these fights, Tony Fontaine shot Brent, and Stuart shot Cade Calvert. Their mother then sent them to school,...
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Chapter 15
...Twelve Oaks, and Ashley brings Cade Calvert, two of the Munroe boys, and Alex and Tony Fontaine.
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Chapter 26
...their enslaved persons ran away. Dr. Fontaine and Joe are dead, and old Dr. Fontaine, Tony, and Alex are still in the army.
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Chapter 29
...rebuilding sheds, seeding cotton, checking traps, and milking the cow. Soon after Pork gets back, Tony and Alex Fontaine stop at Tara on their way home from the army and share...
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...depress her. At the Fontaines’, Dr. Fontaine is recovering slowly from a lost arm, and Tony and Alex are trying to work in the fields. Money is tight, and Sally Fontaine...
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Chapter 35
...be welcome in his home when he marries Suellen. Scarlett lies that Suellen is marrying Tony Fontaine next week.
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Chapter 36
...for a woman to have a brain. Soon, he realizes that Scarlett deceived him when Tony Fontaine visits Atlanta and isn’t married to Suellen. Frank is too ashamed to write to...
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Chapter 37
One rainy night, Tony Fontaine knocks on Miss Pitty’s door in the middle of the night. Scarlett and Frank...
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Tony continues his story: one day, Eustis, the Fontaines’ old enslaved foreman, came into the Fontaine’s...
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The Yankees hear that Tony left Miss Pitty’s, so they repeatedly search her house. Pitty didn’t know about Tony’s visit,...
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Chapter 39
Alex thanks Scarlett for helping Tony escape. He offers to repay her, but Scarlett hushes him. Alex leaves, saying he’ll see...
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Chapter 45
...of Ashley and Frank. If they’re not killed tonight, they’ll have to leave town like Tony Fontaine did. She doesn’t understand why Rhett wants to help when he hates Ashley, and...
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