Hombre | Characters
John Russell (Hombre), the protagonist of the novel, is a mustanger, chasing green horses, harness breaking them, and then selling them. Three parts Caucasian, one part Mexican, he was kidnapped by the Apaches as a child and raised by them until he was twelve, at which time a man named James Russell took the boy with him, gave him a name, and raised him for five years. Then John left Russell for an Apache reservation, where he served on the police force for three years before going off by himself as a mustanger. When James Russell dies, he leaves his place to John, who is reluctant to...
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