# John Field — Walden character guide

> John Field in Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Poor John Field!, John

**First appearance:** 0009-baker-farm

## Who they are

An Irish immigrant farmer struggling to make a living, visited by Thoreau at his home.

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