Let’s Face It–The Dude Got Around…
According to Jay Pearsall, in his delightful book, Mystery & Crime: The New York Public Library Book of Answers, in the twenty-one McGee books “there is reference (or strong evidence of) ol’ dawg Travis sleeping with around fifty-three women — plus a few ‘ladies.'”
Here they are…
- Lolly (Travis’ first sexual experience, at sixteen, was with this “loud chubby”)
- Susan
- Missy
- Theresa
- Lois Atkinson
- Molly Bea Archer
- Cathy Kerr
- Joanie
- Nina Gibson
- Isobel Webb
- Mary “Skeeter” Keith
- Dana Holtzer
- Niki
- “Junebug” Proctor
- Betty O’Donnell Borlika
- Nora Gardino
- Felicia Novaro
- Constance Melgar
- Vidge
- Merrimay Lane
- Heidi Geis Trumbill
- Gloria “Glory” Doyle
- Jean “Puss” Killian
Last seen in 1968’s Pale Gray for Guilt, this one’s of special interest, because Puss supposedly had a child by Travis, who shows up unexpectedly in The Lonely Silver Rain (1984), the final McGee novel. And then there’s the strange case of Jean Pearson… - Helena Pearson
- Penelope Woertz
- Mary Catherine
- Janice Holton
- Mary Lo Ching
- Maria Amparo Celestina Rodriguez De La Vega
- Lady Rebecca Diven-Harrison
- Elena Del Vega
- Betsy Kapp
- Mary Dillon
- Jillian Brent-Archer
- Teddie
- Jeannie Dolan
- Mary Alice McDermott
- Linda Lewellen Brindle
- Marian Lewandowski
- R.N. Cindy Birdsong
- Billy Jean Bailey
- Sister Stella
- Gretel Tuckerman Howard
- Lady Vivian Stanley-Tucker
- Annie Renzetti (the hotel manager in Cinnamon Skin)
AS WELL, TRAVIS MENTIONS, BUT DOESN’T NAME:
- an heiress in Las Vegas
- Sir Thomas’ wife
- a stewardess
- a school teacher
- two tourist ladies
- an Avon lady
- a hostess at Beef’n’It
Respectfully swiped by Kevin Burton Smith from Jay Pearsall’s awesome Mystery & Crime: The New York Public Library Book of Answers, with a few additions, incluing a couple from Travis fan Dan McKeown.
