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"Robert E. Howard: Western Pulp Pioneer"
by James Reasoner (Introduction)
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Western Tales
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"Drums of the Sunset"
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"John Ringold" (poem)
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"The Extermination
of Yellow Donory"
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"Old Faro Bill" (poem)
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"The Judgment of the Desert"
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"The Sand-Hill’s Crest" (poem)
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"Gunman’s Debt"
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"The Devil’s Joker"
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"The Feud" (poem)
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"Knife, Bullet and Noose"
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"Law-Shooters of Cowtown"
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"Over the Old Rio Grandey" (poem)
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"Wild Water"
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"Cowboy" (poem)
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"The Last Ride" (with Robert Enders Allen)
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"The Vultures of Wahpeton"
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"Vultures’ Sanctuary"
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"Ace High" (poem)
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"The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts" (poem)
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The Weird West
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"The Horror from the Mound"
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"The Valley of the Lost"
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"The Man on the Ground"
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"Old Garfield’s Heart"
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"The Thunder-Rider"
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"The Dead Remember"
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Essays
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"The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger"
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"The Ghost of Camp Colorado"
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Miscellanea
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"Six-Gun Interview" (Unfinished)
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Untitled, "I met him first in the Paradise
Saloon . . ."
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"The Killer’s Debt" (Fragment)
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Three Synopses ("Gunman’s Debt")
untitled synopsis (First line: The story opens with John Kirby
. . .; Last line: The message had reached Kirby . . .)
untitled synopsis (First line: The story
opens with John Kirby . . .; Last line: A savage three cornered fight
. . .)
untitled synopsis (In the Silver Boot saloon and dance
hall . . .)
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"Wild Water Timing"
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"The Devil’s Joker" (Alternate Version)
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Untitled Synopsis ("The Vultures of
Wahpeton")
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Juvenilia
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"A Faithful Servant"
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"‘Golden Hope’ Christmas"
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"The Sonora Kid—Cowhand"
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"The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand"
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"Red Curls and Bobbed Hair"
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Untitled, "Madge Meraldson . . ."
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Untitled, "The Hades Saloon . . ."
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Untitled, "A blazing sun . . ."
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Untitled, "The way it came about . .
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Untitled, "The hot Arizona sun . . ."
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Untitled, "Steve Allison settled . .
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"Brotherly Advice"
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"Desert Rendezvous"
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"The West Tower"
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"Drag" (aka Untitled, "It was a strange
experience . . .")
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Notes on the text
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Notes
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Edited by Rob Roehm
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After the first printing was received,
Patrice Louinet identified one of the many stray pages in the Glenn Lord
Collection as being part of the unfinished "Six-Gun Interview." The page
was reproduced and inserted into first printing copies of WESTERN TALES.
The additional text will be included in future printings.
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All of the items in WESTERN TALES come
from Howard's original manuscripts, typescripts, and carbons with the following
exceptions:
"Drums of the Sunset" - CROSS PLAINS REVIEW, November
6, 1928
Chapter 1 and the first five paragraphs of Chapter 2
"The Man on the Ground" - WEIRD TALES, July 1933
"Old Garfield’s Heart" - WEIRD TALES, December 1933
"The Ghost of Camp Colorado" - TEXACO STAR, April
1931
"‘Golden Hope’ Christmas" - THE TATTLER, December
22, 1922
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First appearance:
Three Synopses ("Gunman’s Debt")
"Wild Water Timing"
"The Devil’s Joker" (Alternate Version)
Untitled Synopsis ("The Vultures of Wahpeton")
"Drag"
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Limited edition of 200 copies
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