U.S.A. (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dos Passos
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1900-1935
- Setting: United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Communism or communists, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Adultery, World War I, Sailing or sailors, Business or business people, Labor unions
- Locales: United States
Characters Discussed
Fenian O’Hara McCreary, called Fainy Mac, a young Irishman who learns the printing trade from an uncle. His uncle’s bankruptcy puts McCreary out of a job and makes a tramp of him. Because of his skill as a printer, McCreary is able to find jobs here and there, one with a shoddy outfit called the Truthseeker Literary Distributing Co., Inc., and he travels from place to place, usually riding on freight trains. During his travels, he falls in with members of the Industrial Workers of the World and becomes an earnest worker in that labor movement. He...
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