R.C. Crowley is a wealthy Fort Beulah banker who supports Buzz Windrip because he thinks that Windrip will give the banks more power. Ironically, most of Windrip’s supporters think the exact opposite, but Crowley turns out to be right: Windrip rules primarily for the benefit of wealthy elites like him. Later, he and Shad Ledue hatch a scheme to profit by selling rundown Fort Beulah buildings to the government.
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Roscoe Conkling “R.C.” Crowley Character Timeline in It Can’t Happen Here
The timeline below shows where the character Roscoe Conkling “R.C.” Crowley appears in It Can’t Happen Here. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...in his barroom: Doremus Jessup, Medary Cole, the local school superintendent Emil Staubmeyer, the banker Roscoe Conkling Crowley , and the elderly Rev. Mr. Falck, who grew up in a wealthy New York...
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...governor Huey Long, hysterical nationalism during the Great War, and lynching and the KKK. But R.C. Crowley declares that Windrip would give bankers like him the power they deserve, while punishing “lazy...
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Chapter 7
...Father Perefixe’s home, where the Rev. Mr. Falck, Buck Titus, Louis Rotenstern, Dr. Greenhill, and R.C. Crowley have assembled. The men listen to the convention on the radio and complain about their...
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Chapter 11
...Doremus Jessup that Windrip will make them rich. Louis Rotenstern, Frank Tasbrough, Medary Cole, and R.C. Crowley also support Windrip, claiming that he’s not as much of a populist as people think....
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