The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

Format details

Trade paperback

12 linked Howard works

• A Negro Girl verse Publications
• Altars and Jesters (1) verse Publications
• Destiny (1, "I think I was born . . .") verse Publications
• Flight verse Publications
• Long Ago (2) verse Publications
• The Dust Dance (2, "The sin and jest of the times am I") verse Publications
• The Gods I Worshipped verse Publications
• The Men That Walk With Satan verse Publications
• The Road to Hell verse Publications
• The Song of Horsa's Galley verse Publications
• To All Lords of Commerce verse Publications
• To an Earth-Bound Soul verse Publications

57 contents entries

1. "Foreword" by Jeffrey Shanks
2. Foreword (The Collected Letters of Rober E. Howard / Index and Addenda) • essay by Jeffrey Shanks x · introduction
3. Additional Letters by Robert E. Howard
4. Additional Letters By Robert E. Howard • essay by uncredited 1 · essay
5. To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June, 1925, "Know all men …"
6. Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1925 ("Know all men...") • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard 3 · essay
7. To Farnsworth Wright, August 21, 1925, "I am preparing a mss. …"
8. Letter to Farnsworth Wright, August 21, 1925 ("I am preparing a mss...") • [Letters to Farnsworth Wright] • essay by Robert E. Howard 4 · essay
9. To Merlin Wand, date stamped May 26, 1928, "CONTACTS …"
10. Letter to Merln Wand, May 26, 1928 ("CONTACTS...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 5 · essay
11. To John Wasso, undated, unsent, "There is a good deal of justice …"
12. Letter to John Wasso, undated, unsent ("There is a good deal of justice...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 7 · essay
13. To unknown recipient, undated, unsent, "Seems that you owe me …" Contains: "The Road to Hell" (poem, lines 1-4 only) "Long Ago" (2, last line is "Ah, the rose in your dark hair.") (poem) "The Men That Walk with Satan" (poem) "Flight" (poem, lines 1-16, 29-32, 45-48) Untitled ("Favored child of a lucky star …") (poem) "The Dust Dance" (2, poem , lines 1-80 only ) "Destiny" (1, poem) "The Song of Horsa’s Galley" (poem, variant version with the lines rearranged) "The Gods I Worshipped" (poem)
14. Letter to unknown recipient, undated, unsent ("Seems that you owe me...:) • essay by Robert E. Howard 8 · essay
15. To unknown recipient, undated, unsent, " 'The real reason,' said John L. Sullivan …"
16. Letter to unknown recipient, undated, unsent ("'The real reason,' Said John L. Sullivan...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 15 · essay
17. To Harold Preece, postcard from Piedras Negras, ca. June 1928, (no text) [The front and back sides of the postcard are reproduced]
18. Postcard to Harold Preece from Piedras Negras, ca. June 1928 (no text) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard 16 · essay
19. To Tevis Clyde Smith, undated, unsent, "Show this to Truett …" Contains: "To An Earth Bound Soul" (poem) "To All Lords of Commerce" (poem)
20. Letter to unknown recipient, undated, unsent ("Show this to Truett...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 18 · essay
21. To unknown recipient, undated, unsent, "I’m writing mainly …" Contains: "Altars and Jesters" (1, poem, first 11 quatrains only , the rest of the poem was inadvertently omitted )
22. Letter to unknown recipient, undated, unsent ("I'm writing mainly...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 20 · essay
23. To unknown recipient, undated, unsent, "I do not remember who …"
24. Letter to Alvin P. Bradford, ca. January 1930, unsent ("You'll have to pardon...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 21 · essay
25. To Alvin P. Bradford, ca. January 1930, unsent, "You’ll have to pardon …"
26. Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1, 1930 ("Admittedly, your theories...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard 22 · essay
27. To H. P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. July 1, 1930, "Admittedly, your theories …"
28. Letter to Fort Worth Bank, carbon, June 17, 1933 ("I enclose deposits slips...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 28 · essay
29. To Fort Worth Bank, carbon, June 17, 1933, "I enclose deposits slips …"
30. Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, early draft, ca. July 1933 ("You have frequently warned...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard 29 · essay
31. To H. P. Lovecraft, early draft, ca. July 1933, "You have frequently warned …"
32. Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, later draft, ca. July 1933 ("[...] The writer intimated...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard 32 · essay
33. To H. P. Lovecraft, later draft, ca. July 1933, "[. . .] The writer intimated …"
34. Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. January 1935 ("[...] As for my alleged...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard 44 · essay
35. To H. P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. January 1935, "[. . .] As for my alleged …"
36. Letter to "Dime Sports Magazine", published June 1936 ("Name: Rober Ervin Howard...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 45 · essay
37. To Dime Sports Magazine, published June 1936, "Name: Robert Ervin Howard …"
38. Address List 1 • essay by Robert E. Howard 46 · essay
39. Address List 1: Truett Vinson Brownwood Texas . . .
40. Address List 2 • essay by Robert E. Howard 46 · essay
41. Address List 2: Bernie Willbanks . . .
42. Address List 3 • essay by Robert E. Howard 47 · essay
43. Address List 3: Wilfred Talman . . .
44. Address List 4 • essay by Robert E. Howard 49 · essay
45. Address List 4: H. P. Lovecraft
46. Postcard to Harold Preece, ca. June 1928 • interior artwork by uncredited 51 · artwork
47. Author’s Note on Index
48. Notes (The Collected Letters of Rober E. Howard / Index and Addenda) • essay by Jeffrey Shanks (variant of Notes (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard / Index and Addenda)) [as by Jeff Shanks] 52 · essay
49. Index to The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard
50. Author's Note on Index (The Collected Letters of Rober E. Howard / Index and Addenda) • essay by Robert Derie [as by Bobby Derie] 55 · essay
51. List of Howard’s Correspondents
52. Index to "The Collected Letters of the Robert E. Howard" • essay by Robert Derie [as by Bobby Derie] 57 · essay
53. Lists of Howard’s Plays and Poetry
54. List of Howard's Correspondents • essay by Robert Derie [as by Bobby Derie] 183 · essay
55. About the Contributors
56. List of Howard's Plays and Poetry • essay by Robert Derie [as by Bobby Derie] 187 · essay
57. About the Contributors (The Collected Letters of Rober E. Howard / Index and Addenda) • essay by uncredited 199 · essay

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