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Acknowledgements
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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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"The Lost San Saba Mine" (poem)
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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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"Modest 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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"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 End of the Glory Trail" (poem)
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"The Alamo" (poem)
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"San Jacinto" (1) (poem)
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"San Jacinto"(2) (poem)
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"Ghost Dancers" (poem)
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"Intro to the Mexico Set of Poems" (The
next four poems)
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"The Bandit" (poem)
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"Farewell, Proud Munster" (poem)
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"Over the Old Rio Grandey" (poem)
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"The Trail of Gold" (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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"The Ghost of Camp Colorado" (photographs)
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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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Four 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 (John Kirby, gunman
and cowboy from …)
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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"The Vultures of Wahpeton" (Untitled
Synopsis)
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"Vultures' Sanctuary" (Untitled
Synopsis)
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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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"Steve Allisn" (aka Untitled and
unfinished, "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
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Edited by Rob
Roehm and Paul Herman
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Kindle utilizes the mobi format.
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Most of the REH stories and portions
thereof come from Howard's original typescripts, manuscripts, and carbons,
when possible. 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.
Other sources for texts herein include:
"The Man on the Ground" - from first publication in WEIRD
TALES, July 1933
"Old Garfield’s Heart" - from first publication
in WEIRD TALES, December 1933
"The Thunder Rider" is a combination of two separate drafts
to make a complete story.
"The Ghost of Camp Colorado" - from first
publication in THE TEXACO STAR, April 1931
"‘Golden Hope’ Christmas" - from a partial
draft along with text from the first publication in THE TATTLER, December
22, 1922
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Prepared for publication by Ståle
Gismervik, Savage Studios.
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The following have been added:
"Vultures' Sanctuary" (Untitled Synopsis)
"Gunman's Debt" synopses: The 1st edition had three of
these. A fourth has been added.
"The Lost San Saba Mine" (poem)
"Modest Bill" (poem)
"The End of the Glory Trail" (poem)
"The Alamo" (poem)
"San Jacinto" (1) (poem)
"San Jacinto"(2) (poem)
"Ghost Dancers" (poem)
"The Bandit" (poem)
"Farewell, Proud Munster" (poem)
"The Trail of Gold" (poem)
A short introduction has been added to a set of four
poems regarding characters going to Mexico.
"The Ghost of Camp Colorado" (photographs)
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Additional changes:
"The Dead Remember" is now using the final draft
Poetry from the 1st Edition has been updated to the versions
in Collected Poetry. |
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