Eldon's Past
What was the name of Eldon's friend that he worked with?
Jimmy Weaseltail
Page 85: "Jimmy Weaseltail became his best friend. His only friend."
Who is the woman at the cabin?
Becka Charlie.
Page 72: "Becka Charlie. Proper name's Rebecca but no one much latched on to the Ree part."
When did Eldon tell Frank he is his father?
When he was 7.
Page 61: "Time. You lost seven years of it."
Where did Frank bring Eldon to before they went to the cabin?
The ridge with the paintings.
Page 66: "There's signs up there. Symbols. Painted right into the rock."
What happened to Eldon's father and why was he no longer part of Eldon's life?
He fought and died in the war.
Page 80: "He was eleven when his father went to fight it and he found that sudden absence jarring."
Who was the man that Jimmy killed?
Lester Jenks.
Page 87: "Lester Jenks. He was the boom foreman."
Who did Frank think his father was before Eldon told him?
The old man.
Page 59: "That can't be true, I thought you (the old man) were my dad."
Where did Eldon and Jimmy work when they had to run away.
Nechako Valley.
Page 89: "There was work from Vancouver Island to the northern border to Alaska but he favoured the Nechako Valley."
Why did Eldon have to leave his mother.
Because he killed Jenks and she said she would call the authorities.
Page 98: "You best go, I'm gonna fetch help."
Where was Lester Jenks from?
New Brunswick.
Page 87: "He was a New Brunswicker, raised in logging camps and lumberjacking full-time by the time he was their age."