The characters / Recurring character
Ben Slightman the Elder
Ben Slightman the Elder is recorded in 3 distinct storys.
Eisenhart’s foreman and Benny’s father is tied to the ranch, grief for his son and the Dogan encounter; the final passage refers to him by parenthood rather than treating father and son as one person.
Also recorded as Ben Slightman.
Stories and supporting passages
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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… Georgina, she’s just as apt and canny-“ Tar, and yer son George is a great empty-headed galoot,” Ben Slightman said. Slightman was Eisenhart’s foreman, and he did not suffer fools lightly. He took off his spectacles, wiped them with a bandanna, and set them …
Foreman Slightman speaks and removes his spectacles.
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
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Whether it was them trailing Susannah or Rosa cooking her dinner or even Ben Slightman, mourning his dead son out there on Vaughn Eisenhart’s ranch, all of them would now be thinking of the same thing: only two left, and the Breakers …
The narrator identifies Ben mourning his dead son at Eisenhart’s ranch.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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“The real one, on the other side of the River Whye. Where Oy and I overheard Ben Slightman’s Da’ and the...you know, the robot.” “Jake?” Eddie asked. “You okay, kid?”
Jake recalls overhearing young Ben’s father with the robot in the Dogan.