Jerry Edlund
Biography
Bernie's high school chum. Took a photograph of Bernie during the same trip home; that photograph was included to complete the family folio. Member of the narrator's gang; waited in the narrator's car and helped persuade Herman to seek hospital treatment rather than revenge.
Timeline
1953
Herman beaten outside the Chocolate Shop
Herman announced himself inside the shop after hearing rivals wanted a fight over his girlfriend. He was escorted to the alley and beaten while his friends waited outside in the narrator's car.
Bernie's Chapter1953
Friends persuade Herman to seek treatment instead of revenge
Herman retrieved his .22 pistol from his house and threatened to shoot the man who broke his nose. On the return journey, his friends persuaded him to go to the hospital so his nose would not heal crooked.
Bernie's ChapterDuring the same Christmas trip home
Jerry Edlund photographs Bernie
Jerry Edlund took the portrait of Bernie included to complete the family photo folio.
Carol's Chapter
Stories mentioning Jerry
- A Christmas Visit Captured in Family PortraitsBernie borrowed a Leica camera to photograph a new place in San Francisco, then brought it home to Moline at Christmas. Using orange and green fabric tacked up in the girls’ bedroom as a backdrop, Bernie photographed the family. A portrait of Bernie taken by high school chum Jerry Edlund during the same trip completed the folio. Later on the family portrait day, the family celebrated Carol’s 23rd birthday. Bernie treasured how clearly the portraits revealed everyone’s personality.
- Friends Turn Herman Away from RevengeAt about seventeen, Bernard and his best friend Herman Nelson became caught in the rivalry between Moline and East Moline guys after getting East Moline girlfriends. Herman confronted rivals at the Chocolate Shop and was beaten in the alley. After retrieving a .22 pistol, he intended to return and shoot the man he blamed for his broken nose. Bernard, Sig Eckburg, Jerry Edlund, and Bill Adams persuaded him to go to the hospital instead by warning that his nose might heal crooked. They never returned to the Chocolate Shop, and Herman dropped the girlfriend, but rivals continued looking for them at the Hasty Tasty. One night they hid under Herman's car to avoid being caught.
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