The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2
REH Foundation Press
Year :
March 2026
Book No. : ISBN -13: 9781955446488 (Hardcover)
ISBN -13: 9781955446495 (Trade paperback)
ISBN -13: 9781955446501 (eBook)
ASIN: B0GQ6MK372 (eBook)
Edition : Version 2.0 - Ultimate Edition
Format : Hardcover with dust jacket (6 x 9 inches)
Trade paperback (6 x 9 inches)
eBook (Kindle)
Pages : xii plus 437
Cover : Mark Wheatley
Illustrations : None
          The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2
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Contents
"Make ’Em Laugh: Howard’s Humorous Westerns" by James Reasoner (Introduction)
Breckinridge Elkins
"A Gent from Bear Creek" (novel)
Bearfield Elston
"A Elston to the Rescue"
Buckner J. Grimes
"Knife River Prodigal"
"A Man-Eating Jeopard"
"Ring-Tailed Tornado"
Pike Bearfield
"A Gent from the Pecos"
"Gents on the Lynch"
"The Riot at Bucksnort"
"While the Smoke Rolled"
Miscellanea
"West Is West" (original hand written homework version)
"West Is West" (as published in THE TATTLER, December 22, 1922)
"Mayhem and Taxes" (unfinished)
"The Peaceful Pilgrim"
Letter: March 1935 (John F. Byrne to Viola Cooper)
Untitled Synopsis ("Ring-Tailed Tornado")
To Jack Byrne, April 21, 1936, draft,
"My agent, O. A. Kline …"

"The Diablos Trail" (unfinished)
Untitled ("A Gent from the Pecos" [synopsis])
Untitled ("Gents on the Lynch" [synopsis])
Untitled ("While the Smoke Rolled" [synopsis])

Notes
Edited by Paul Herman and Rob Roehm
Second in a series of two books.
Kindle utilizes the mobi format.
All of the REH stories and portions thereof come from Howard's original typescripts with the following exceptions:
"A Elston to the Rescue" and "West Is West"
"A Elston to the Rescue" is from first publication in STAR WESTERN, September 1936, as "The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth".
"West Is West" is from first publication in THE TATTLER, December 22, 1922.

"A Gent from Bear Creek" is taken from the Otis Adelbert Kline retype used for the American edition of the novel.

A small number of stories survive only in partially complete final drafts.
Where necessary, missing text has been supplied from earlier drafts. These include:
"A Man-Eating Jeopard"
"The Riot at Bucksnort"
"Mayhem and Taxes" (unfinished)

Prepared for publication by Ståle Gismervik, Savage Studios.

Changes from the First Edition:
The following have been added:
"West Is West" (original hand written homework version)
"The Riot at Cougar Paw" (first draft)