Characters from The Last American Man

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

Eustace Conway - This person is an American naturalist, preservationist, and owner operator of Turtle Island Preserve in North Carolina.

The American Man - This person is part stereotype, part myth.

Elizabeth Gilbert - This is the author of The Last American Man.

Alan Stout - This is the director of the Scheile Museum, a small natural history museum located in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Davy Crockett - This was the ultimate frontiersman, politician and American folk hero, who was often referred to as King of the Wild Frontier.

Randy Cable - This was...
(read more)