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"Introduction" by Rusty
Burke
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"Acknowledgements" by
Rob Roehm
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Notes on the text
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1923
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To Tevis Clyde Smith (handwritten),
June 8, 1923,
"Hello Clyde, / May the blessings . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, June
22, 1923,
"Clyde sahib, greeting: / I found your letter . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, July
7, 1923,
"to Clyde bahadur-sahib, greeting: / I got your letter."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, July
30, 1923,
"Clyde sahib, bohut salaam, bahadur; / The picnic has come . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
4, 1923,
"Clyde sahib; / You say I'll be in . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
24, 1923,
"Bohut salaam, Clyde sahib; / I was all ready to . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, September
9, 1923,
"Clyde sahib; / First off I must apologize . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, October
5, 1923,
"Salaam, Clyde; / Maybe you think I've moved . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, November
4, 1923,
"Bohut salaam, Clyde bahadur; / It's been quite a while . .
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1924
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To ADVENTURE, ca. February
1924,
"I am writing for information . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, April
21, 1924,
"Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I should have written . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, June
19, 1924, "Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I suppose you think I'm rather slow
. . ."
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To ADVENTURE,
ca. July 1924,
"1. At what period did the feudal . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith (handwritten),
September 7, 1924,
"Salaam, Clyde, / You ought to be here."
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To WESTERN STORY, ca. fall
1924,
"-And I am not one of those . . ."
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1925
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, January
7, 1925,
"Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I was in Brownwood the . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, January
30, 1925,
"Salaam, sahib; / I'm sending you a lot of junk."
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To Robert W. Gordon, February
4, 1925,
"Dear Sir; / I am sending you a few songs."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, February
25, 1925,
"Salaam, sahib; / Chapter XIX / Writers of the Bunkorian Age"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, March
17, 1925,
"The top o' the marnin' O'Clydo; / Faith and bejabbers!"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, April
1925,
"Salaam, sahib; / What Ho!"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, May
24, 1925,
"Salaam; / Hot zowie, old topper, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, July
7, 1925,
"Salaam, Sahib; / I believe you owe me a letter."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, July
16, 1925,
"Salaam, sahib; / What ho, milord!"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, July
1925,
"Salaam; Clyde; / Old boy, I got your letter."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
July 1925,
"Salaam, Clyde sahib, / I haven't got any answer . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
6, 1925,
"Salaam; I'm glad you passed the exams."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
26, 1925,
"Salaam; / I've been thinking."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
28, 1925,
"Salaam; / I've been thinking."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, October
9, 1925,
"Salaam, sahib; Say, bo, you're developing in to a real poet."
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To Herbert Klatt, ca. fall
1925,
"Bohut salaam, bahadur; / Again I write you, . . ."
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1926
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To WEIRD TALES, ca. January
1926,
"These are sheer masterpieces."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, January
14, 1926,
"Salaam, bahadur, bohut salaam; / By Baal I am joyed . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, January
14, 1926,
"Salaam; / This is a habit of mine, always was."
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To Farnsworth Wright, January
23, 1926,
"Dear Sir; / I have no carbon copy of 'Wolfshead'."
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To Robert W. Gordon, February
15, 1926, "Dear Mr. Gordon; / I was delighted to receive your letter,
. . ."
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To THE RING, ca. early 1926,
"Here is my opinion on the greatest heavyweights of all time:"
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To Robert W. Gordon, April
9, 1926,
"Dear Sir; / I must really ask your pardon . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, April
14, 1926,
"Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, May
7, 1926,
"Salaam; / I'm sending you a flock of poetry." |
To Tevis Clyde Smith, June
23, 1926,
"Salaam; / I'm trying to write again, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
6, 1926,
"Salaam, sahib; / In the first place, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, August
21, 1926,
"Bohut salaam, sahib; / I think you owe me one, two, . . ."
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To Edna Mann, October 30,
1926, "Dear Friend; / As usual I have to start my letter with an apology,
. . ."
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1927
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To Robert W. Gordon (handwritten),
January 2, 1927,
"My dear Mr. Gordon; / Upon seeing a request . . ."
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To Robert W. Gordon, March
17, 1927,
"Dear Mr. Gordon; / This time I have an excuse . . ."
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To WEIRD TALES, ca. May
1927,
"Your last three issues have been very fine."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
late August / early September 1927,
"ARE YOU THE YOUNG MAN . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
fall 1927,
"Salaam: / Then the little boy said to Goofus Gorilla, . .
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
September 1927,
"Salaam: / Having just got your letter . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
October 1927,
"Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of thing . . ."
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1928
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
January 1928,
"Salaam: / Listen, you crumb, I think you owe me . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
January 1928,
"I was lying to you Saturday evening when I said . . ."
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To Harold Preece, ca. January-February
1928,
"Salaam: / Say, listen, tramp, you owe me a letter . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, week
of February 20, 1928,
"The fellow who wrote The Kasidah . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
March 1928,
"The only reason for writing this letter . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
March 1928,
"Salaam: / Not having much of anything specially . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
March 1928,
"Salaam: / Glad you're writing these days."
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To Harold Preece, ca. early
1928,
"Salaam: / You'll have to pardon me for not . . ."
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To WEIRD TALES, ca. April
1928,
"Mr. Lovecraft's latest story, 'The Call of Cthulhu', . . ."
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To Robert W. Gordon, postmarked
May 14, 1928,
"Dear Mr. Gordon: / Many thanks for the letter, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
May 1928,
"Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
June 1928,
"Salaam; / Ho, ho, the long lights lift amain . . ."
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To Harold Preece, ca. June
1928,
"Salaam: / No, I was not trying to catch flies."
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To Harold Preece, postmarked
June 4, 1928,
(postcard with drawing only)
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To THE FORT WORTH RECORD,
ca. July 1928,
"Tunney can't win."
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To THE BROWNWOOD BULLETIN,
July 18, 1928,
"Arthur 'Kid' Dula is due . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
July 1928,
"Salaam: / A Warning to Orthodoxy"
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To Harold Preece, ca. August
1928,
"Salaam: / Glad you enjoyed our reunion . . ."
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To Harold Preece, postmarked
September 5, 1928,
"Salaam: / ("Yes, I like the idea of Eldorado . . ."
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To Harold Preece, ca. September
1928,
"Salaam: / Tunney sure gave Heeney a tough beating . . ."
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To Harold Preece, postmarked
September 23, 1928,
"Salaam: / The tang of winter is in the air . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
October 1928,
"Salaam; / I could have gone with you . . ."
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To Harold Preece, received
October 20, 1928,
"Salaam: / Your stationery is alright."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
October 1928,
"Salaam: / The reason I'm sending The Junto to you .
. ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November 1928,
"Salaam: / Listen you goddamn so forth and so on, . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November 1928,
"Salaam: / I'll swear you're the only galoot . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November 1928,
"Salaam: THIS IS A LETTER I STARTED . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November 1928,
"Salaam: / I got such a laugh out of your parody . . ." |
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November 1928,
"Heh heh! At last I've sold a story . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
November-December 1928,
"Salaam: / Heh heh! Sappho, the Grecian hills . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
December 1928,
"Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein's, . . ."
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To Harold Preece, ca. December
1928,
"Salaam: / You're right; women are great actors."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
late 1928,
"Salaam: / I'll swear, if I'd laughed much more . . ."
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1929
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To
WEIRD TALES (unmailed), ca. January 1929,
". . . whatever to do with beetles, except . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith,
ca. February 1929,
"Salaam: / Ancient English Balledel"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith,
ca. February 1929,
"Salaam: / Last night the Sunday School class . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
March 1929,
"Salaam: / Black Dawn"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
early to mid 1929,
"Salaam: / Life is a yellow mist among the stars."
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To Harold Preece, ca. March
1929, "Salaam: / I've been very neglectful of my correspondence lately."
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To ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY,
ca. Spring 1929,
"I was born in Texas about twenty-three . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.
April 1929,
"The iron harp that Adam christened Life"
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To THRILLS OF THE
JUNGLE MAGAZINE,
ca. June to late 1929, "Editor Thrills of the Jungle Magazine,"
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To Tevis Clyde Smith,
ca. June 1929,
"Salaam: / I received an announcement from Chicago: . . ."
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To Tevis Clyde Smith,
ca. July 1929,
"Salaam: / The main reason I'm writing this letter . . ."
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To Harold Preece,
ca. September 1929,
"Salaam: / I've been reading Destiny Bay . . ."
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To Harold Preece,
postmarked September 18, 1929,
"I don't remember saying anything . . ."
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To WEIRD TALES, ca.
October 1929,
"I have just been reading the September Weird Tales,
. . .)
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To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late December
1929,
"Well: / Here I am doing . . ."
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