Kimball O’Hara, Sr. is Kim’s father and a former regiment member of the Mavericks. After the death of his wife (Kim’s mother) he became an alcoholic and opium user, eventually dying in poverty in Lahore and leaving his son Kim to the care of a half-caste woman. His only legacy is an amulet with identifying documents for Kim and a prophecy, misremembered by the half-caste woman, concerning “A Red Bull on a green field.”
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Kimball O’Hara, Sr. Character Timeline in Kim
The timeline below shows where the character Kimball O’Hara, Sr. appears in Kim. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...Chota Lal, Kim sits on the ZamZammah cannon opposite the Lahore Museum. The son of Kimball O’Hara , a deceased Irish soldier in India, and a similarly fated Irish nursemaid, Kim is...
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Chapter 5
...Arthur Bennett and Father Victor find the documents in Kim’s amulet, discovering him to be Kimball O’Hara ’s son, a former member of their regiment. They interrogate him, and Kim tells them...
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