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The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 1

REH Foundation Press

2016
Edition format
Hardcover

Publication date: August 2016

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Introduction

Robert E. Howard wrote many types of stories. These are funny, over the top adventures about Breckinridge Elkins from Bear Creek. Could be categorized as funny western. The volume is 369 pages, plus introductory material.

This volume is printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 200   copies, each individually numbered. Cover design and painting by Richard Bernal; introduction by Mark Finn; edited by Rob Roehm and Paul Herman.

This book is now sold out. It's published by the Robert E. Howard Foundation.

Notes

Edited by Paul Herman and Rob Roehm.

First appearance:
A Gent from Bear Creek (draft)
untitled synopsis (The Road to Bear Creek)
untitled synopsis (Evil Deeds at Red Cougar)
untitled synopsis (The Road to Bear Creek)
All the texts were obtained from Howard's typescripts or carbons with the exception of "The Apache Mountain War" and "Sharpe's Gun Serenade" which were obtained from ACTION STORIES, December 1935 and January 1937, respectively.

This is the first in a series of two books. Limited edition of 200 copies

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
August 2016
Pages
xiv plus 369
Publisher / imprint
The REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Richard Bernal
Illustrations
None

31 linked Howard works

51 contents entries

  1. "Tickled Ribs and Slapped Knees: Robert E. Howard and Breckinridge Elkins" by Mark Finn ( Introduction)
  2. "Mountain Man"
  3. "Guns of the Mountains"
  4. "A Gent from Bear Creek"
  5. "A Stranger in Grizzly Claw"
  6. "The Road to Bear Creek"
  7. "A Elkins Never Surrenders"
  8. "War on Bear Creek"
  9. "The Haunted Mountain"
  10. "The Feud Buster"
  11. "Cupid from Bear Creek"
  12. "The Riot at Cougar Paw"
  13. "The Apache Mountain War"
  14. "Pilgrims to the Pecos"
  15. "Pistol Politics"
  16. "Evil Deeds at Red Cougar"
  17. "Gents on the Rampage"
  18. "Gents in Buckskin"
  19. "Politics at Lonesome Lizard"
  20. "Sharp's Gun Serenade"
  21. Miscellanea
  22. "Six-Gun Interview"
  23. "A Gent from Bear Creek" (draft)
  24. untitled synopsis ( "The Road to Bear Creek" )
  25. untitled synopsis ( "Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" )
  26. untitled synopsis ( "Gents on the Rampage ")
  27. Tickled Ribs and Slapped Knees: Robert E. Howard and Breckinridge Elkins • essay by Mark Finn (Introduction) v · introduction
  28. Mountain Man • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 3 · story
  29. Guns of the Mountains • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 18 · story
  30. A Gent from Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 32 · story
  31. A Stranger in Grizzly Claw • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Scalp Hunter) 51 · story
  32. The Road to Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 67 · story
  33. A Elkins Never Surrenders • non-genre • (1979) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The curly wolf of Sawtooth) 81 · novelette
  34. War on Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 99 · story
  35. The Haunted Mountain • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 117 · story
  36. The Feud Buster • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 132 · story
  37. Cupid from Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 148 · story
  38. The Riot at Cougar Paw • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 163 · story
  39. The Apache Mountain War • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard 180 · story
  40. Pilgrims to the Pecos • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 199 · story
  41. Pistol Politics • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 219 · story
  42. Evil Deeds at Red Cougar • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 236 · story
  43. Gents on the Rampage • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of High Horse Rampage) 255 · story
  44. Gents in Buckskin • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of "No Cowherders Wanted") 273 · story
  45. Politics at Lonesme Lizard • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Conquerin' Hero of the Humboldts) 292 · story
  46. Sharp's Gun Serenade • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard 309 · story
  47. Six-Gun Interview (unfinished) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (2009) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled fragment (Six-Gun Interview)) 329 · story
  48. A Gent from Bear Creek (draft) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 341 · story
  49. Untitled Synopsis (The Road to Bear Creek) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 365 · story
  50. Untitled Synopsis (Evil Deeds at Red Cougar) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 367 · story
  51. Untitled Synopsis (Gents on the Rampage) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 369 · story

Contributors

Rob Roehm
Editor
Mark Finn
Introduction author, Essayist
Richard Bernal
Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

Breckinridge Elkins
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