Characters from American Caesar, Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Douglas Macarthur - This individual was born on January 26, 1880 and is the subject of the book.

Arthur Macarthur, Jr. - This person served in the Union Army during the Civil War and achieved the rank of full colonel at the age of nineteen.

Henriette Louise Cromwell Brooks - This person was the product of the best finishing schools and was divorced from a Baltimore socialite and had two children.

Isabel Rosario Cooper - This Eurasian person came to the United States with the book's subject, moved to the Midwest,...
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