Mark Finn has written one of the very best biographies about Robert E. Howard. Mark Finn sets the record straight on Howard’s character. First published in a trade paperback edition in November 2006 by MonkeyBrain Books. A second, expanded and corrected edition was published in hardcover by The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press in January 2012; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2013.
The first volume from The Robert E. Howard Foundation was printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 150 copies, each individually numbered. This book is still available in softcover from the Robert E. Howard museum according to Arlene Stephenson.
Contents – part 1
- The Oil Boom
- Isaac and Hester
- The Traveling Howards
- Post Oak Country
Contents – part 2
- Authentic Liars
- The Tattler
- Soda Jerk
- The Deal
Contents – part 3
- The Fighting Costigans
- Lovecraft
- Conan
Contents – part 4
- Novalyne
- Vultures and Grizzlies
- All Fled, All Done
- Mythology
Miscellanea
- Afterword
- Chapter notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Title index
- Acknowledgement
Year : | January 2012 |
Book No. : | None |
Edition : | 1st from MonkeyBrain Books, 1st HC from REH Foundation, 2nd. softcover from REH Foundation |
Format : | Hardcover with dust jacket and two editions in softcover |
Pages : | viii plus 454 |
Cover : | Photo on REH on the Foundation issues. Cover art by John Picacio on the MonkeyBrain Books edition |
Illustrations : | None |
Notes
Written by Mark Finn
Limited edition of 150 copies each individually numbered and signed by the author.
Updated and expanded second edition.
This edition is more complete and up-to-date with new information discovered since the book was initially published in 2006, as well as more detailed examinations of some of Howard’s most famous and important characters and stories.