The characters / Recurring character
Oscar “Butch” Bowers
Oscar “Butch” Bowers is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Henry's father, also called Butch. Butch Bowers is recalled as a Derry potato seller. The matching Derry identity and farming role support the same Oscar “Butch” Bowers, Henry’s father in It.
Also recorded as Butch Bowers, Oscar Bowers.
Stories and supporting passages
Insomnia
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Whether it was an order to wait an hour after eating before taking a swim or to make sure that old thief Butch Bowers didn’t put a lot of rotten potatoes at the bottom of the peck basket she’d sent you to fetch, the prologue (Pay attention to your mother) and the epilogue (Mind me, now) were always the same.
Butch Bowers is recalled as a Derry potato seller. The matching Derry identity and farming role support the same Oscar “Butch” Bowers, Henry’s father in It.
Identity inferred from the matching Derry name and farming role.
It
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“Did you like your lunch, you shitty mutt?” When the dog was dead, Henry removed the clothesline, went home, and told his father what he had done. Oscar Bowers was extremely crazy by that time; a year later his wife would leave him after he beat her nearly to death.
Henry's father, also called Butch.