Heroes of Bear Creek

"Heroes of Bear Creek" is an omnibus published by Ace in 1983 and contains text from the Donald M. Grant editions of "A Gent from Bear Creek", "The Pride of Bear Creek" and "Mayhem on Bear Creek"."A Gent from Bear Creek" is both the title of a story and a novel. It is a kind of fix-up novel of 13 related stories, all but three were first published in Action Stories from March 1934 to August 1935. The stories were slightly revised by Howard, and are presented as chapters of the novel, retaining their original titles.

Part One - A Gent from Bear Creek

All stories from A Gent from Bear Creek • non-genre • • (1937) • novel by Robert E. Howard

•   3 • Chapter I • Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts
• 13 • Chapter II • Mountain Man
• 27 • Chapter III • Meet Cap’n Kidd
• 42 • Chapter IV • Guns of the Mountains
• 56 • Chapter V  • A Gent from Bear Creek
• 75 • Chapter VI • The Feud Buster
• 89 • Chapter VII • The Road to Bear Creek
• 106 • Chapter VIII • The Scalp Hunter
• 123 • Chapter IX • Cupid from Bear Creek
• 136 • Chapter X • The Haunted Mountain
• 150 • Chapter XI • Educate or Bust
• 160 • Chapter XII • War on Bear Creek
• 178 • Chapter XIII • When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear

Part Two - The Pride of Bear Creek

• 207 • The Riot at Cougar Paw • non-genre • • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 222 • Pilgrims to the Pecos • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 240 • High Horse Rampage • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 257 • The Apache Mountain War • non-genre • • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 274 • Pistol Politics • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 289 • The Conquerin’ Hero of the Humbolts • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Conquerin’ Hero of the Humboldts)
• 304 • A Ringtailed Tornado • non-genre • (1944) • short story by Robert E. Howard

Part Three - Mayhem on Bear Creek

• 321 • “No Cowherders Wanted” • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 338 • Mayhem and Taxes • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 346 • Evil Deeds at Red Cougar • non-genre • • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 364 • Sharp’s Gun Serenade • non-genre • • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 379 • The Peaceful Pilgrim (variant of Cupid of Bear Creek) • (1968) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 394 • While Smoke Rolled • non-genre • • (1956) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 409 • A Elkins Never Surrenders (variant of The curly wolf of Sawtooth) • non-genre • novelette by Robert E. Howard