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ROUGH TRAILS VOLUME 1
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Acknowledgments
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"The Underwood
Trails of Breckinridge Elkins"
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"Foreword"
by Ståle Gismervik
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"On Editing Robert
E. Howard: A Note on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
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"One Gent Too Many
on Bear Creek" by Patrice Louinet
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Mountain Man
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Editorial Notes
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"Mountain Man" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"Mountain Man" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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"Mountain Man" (Draft
3, untitled, complete)
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Guns of the Mountain
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Editorial Notes
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"Guns of the Mountains"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Guns of the Mountains"
(Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"Guns of the Mountains" (Draft 3,
untitled, complete)
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"Guns of the Mountains" (Draft 4,
untitled, incomplete)
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A Gent from Bear Creek (short story)
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Editorial Notes
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 1,
untitled, complete)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" ((Draft
1-1, continued from page 17)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 1-2,
continued from page 17)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 3,
titled, complete)
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A Stranger in Grizzly Claw / The
Scalp Hunter
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Editorial Notes
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"The Scalp Hunter" (Draft 1,
untitled, maybe complete, as "A Stranger in Grizzly
Claw")
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"The Scalp Hunter" (Draft
2, untitled, complete, as "A Stranger
in Grizzly Claw")
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The Road to Bear Creek
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Editorial Notes
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"The Road to Bear Creek" (untitled
synopsis)
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"The Road to Bear Creek" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"The Road to Bear Creek" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"The Road to Bear Creek" (Draft 3,
untitled, complete)
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Mayhem and Taxes
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Editorial Notes
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"Mayhem and Taxes" (Draft 1,
untitled, maybe complete)
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"Mayhem and Taxes" (Draft 2,
untitled, incomplete)
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The Haunted Mountain
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Editorial Notes
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"The Haunted Mountain" (Draft 1,
untitled, complete)
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"The Haunted Mountain" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"The Haunted Mountain"
(Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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ROUGH TRAILS VOLUME 2
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Acknowledgments
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Editor’s Note
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"On Editing Robert E. Howard: A Note
on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
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"True Lies and Texas Accents" by
Mark Finn
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A Elkins Never Surrenders
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Editorial Notes
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"A Elkins Never Surrenders" (Draft
1, untitled, incomplete)
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"A Elkins Never Surrenders" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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"A Elkins Never Surrenders" (Draft
3, untitled, complete)
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War on Bear Creek
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Editorial Notes
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"War on Bear Creek" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"War on Bear Creek" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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The Feud Buster
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Editorial Notes
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"The Feud Buster" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"The Feud Buster" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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"The Feud Buster" (Draft
3, untitled, complete)
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The Peaceful Pilgrim
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Rejection letter from Fiction House
(John F. Byrne) to Viola Irene Cooper, March 1, 1935
"I didn't think that Breckenridge Elkins …"
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Editorial Notes
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"The Peaceful Pilgrim" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"The Peaceful Pilgrim" (Draft
2-cc, untitled, complete — carbon copy)
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"The Peaceful Pilgrim" (Draft
2, untitled, incomplete)
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Cupid from Bear Creek
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Editorial Notes
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"Cupid from Bear Creek" (untitled
synopsis)
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"Cupid from Bear Creek" (Draft
1, untitled, incomplete)
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"Cupid from Bear Creek" (Draft
2, untitled, incomplete)
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"Cupid from Bear Creek" (Draft
3, untitled, incomplete)
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"Cupid from Bear Creek" (Draft
4, untitled, complete)
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The Riot at Cougar Paw
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Editorial Notes
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"The Riot at Cougar Paw" (untitled
synopsis)
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"The Riot at Cougar Paw" (Draft
1, untitled, complete, short)
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"The Riot at Cougar Paw" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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The Apache Mountain War
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Editorial Notes
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"The Apache Mountain War" (untitled
synopsis)
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"The Apache Mountain War" (Draft
1, untitled, incomplete)
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"The Apache Mountain War" (Draft
2, untitled, incomplete)
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"The Apache Mountain War" (Draft
3, untitled, complete)
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"The Apache Mountain War" (Draft
4, untitled, complete)
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Pilgrims to the Pecos
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Editorial Notes
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"Pilgrims to the Pecos" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Pilgrims to the Pecos" (Draft 2,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Pilgrims to the Pecos" (Draft 3,
untitled, complete)
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ROUGH TRAILS VOLUME 3
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Acknowledgments
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Editor’s Note
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"On Editing Robert E. Howard: A Note
on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
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"Bruises, Broken Bones and LOLs"
by Dierk Günther
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Pistol Politics
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Editorial Notes
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"Pistol Politics" (notes written
by REH)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete, typescript page scan)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 3,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 4,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 5,
untitled, complete)
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"Pistol Politics" (Draft 6,
untitled, complete)
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"Pistol Politics" (false start #1)
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"Pistol Politics" (false start #2 and
#3)
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Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
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Editorial Notes
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (untitled
synopsis)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft
2-1, untitled, alternate ending)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft
2-2, untitled, alternate ending)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft
3, untitled, complete)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (false
start #1)
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"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (false
start #2)
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Gents on the Rampage
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Editorial Notes
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"Gents on the Rampage" (untitled
synopsis, typescript page scan)
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"Gents on the Rampage" (untitled
synopsis)
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"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 3,
titled and complete)
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"Gents on the Rampage" (false start)
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Gents in Buckskin
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Editorial Notes
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"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 1,
untitled, complete)
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"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 2,
untitled, complete)
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"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 3,
untitled, complete)
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"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 4,
titled and complete)
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Politics at Lonesome Lizard
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Editorial Notes
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"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft
1, untitled, complete)
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"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft
2, untitled, complete)
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"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft
3, titled and complete)
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Sharp’s Gun Serenade
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Editorial Notes
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"Sharp’s Gun Serenade" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"Sharp’s Gun Serenade" (Draft 2,
untitled, incomplete)
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ROUGH TRAILS VOLUME 4
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Acknowledgments
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Editor’s Note
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"On Editing Robert E. Howard: A Note
on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
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"Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears: The
Rough-and-Tumble World of Breckinridge Elkins" by Jeffrey Shanks
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Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts
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Editorial Notes
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"Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts"
(Draft 2, titled, incomplete)
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"Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts"
(false start)
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Meet Cap’n Kidd
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Editorial Notes
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"Meet Cap’n Kidd" (Draft 1,
titled as "chapter .3.", maybe complete)
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A Gent from Bear Creek (novel)
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Editorial Notes
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete, page 203 variant)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 1,
untitled, incomplete, page 204 false start)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 2vuntitled,
incomplete)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 3,
untitled, incomplete)
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"A Gent from Bear Creek" (Draft 4)
Chapter 1. Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts.
Chapter 2. Mountain Man.
Chapter 3. Meet Cap’n Kidd.
Chapter 4. Guns of the Mountains.
Chapter 5. A Gent from Bear Creek.
Chapter 6. The Feud Buster.
Chapter 7. The Road to Bear Creek.
Chapter 8. The Scalp Hunter.
Chapter 9. Cupid From Bear Creek.
Chapter 10. The Haunted Mountain.
Chapter 11. Educate or Bust.
Chapter 12. War On Bear Creek.
Chapter 13. When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear.
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Notes by Howard
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Appendix 1: Family
The Breckinridge Elkins Family Tree
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Parents
The Sons – Breckinridge and His Brothers
The Daughters – Breckinridge’s Sisters
The Elkins Clan (Uncles, Aunts, Cousins)
The Garfield Clan
The Grimes Clan
The Gordon Clan
The Kirby Clan
The Polk Clan
The Buckner Clan
Unclear / Other Relations
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Appendix 2
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"The History of the Typescripts" by
Paul Herman
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Notes
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| This series collects all of the drafts
and synopses for REH's Breckinridge Elkins stories. |
Each volume features a dust jacket
with gold foil stamping on the title and author's name.
Each volume also features sprayed edges.
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Concept,
transcriptions, layout and project development by Ståle Gismervik,
Savage Studios.
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All of the Howard stories
and portions thereof contained in First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments
– Breckinridge Elkins Rough Trails Volumes 1 through 4 come from Howard’s
original typescripts, manuscripts, and carbons. Virtually all of
the typescripts were scanned from the Glenn Lord collection, now at the
University of Texas, Austin; the Robert E. Howard collection at Texas A&M
University; or the typescript collection at Cross Plains Library.
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This is a print-on-demand
publication.
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