Cover image unavailableIntroduction
This is a collection of four of Howard's serious (as opposed to the Breckenridge Elkins humorous tall-tales series that were modeled after Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan) Western stories. The title story appeared in a 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine. None of the others were printed during his lifetime.
Notes
For the second printing:
Stated 2nd printing. Incorrect ISBN stated:0-09083-144-9, should be 0-89083-144-0.
There is also a third printing; October 1976 also with incorrect ISBN stated on the spine.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Format details
- Mass-market paperback
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- November 1975 (1st), March 1976 (2nd), October 1976 (3rd)
- Pages
- 191
- Publisher / imprint
- Zebra
- Cover art
- Jeff Jones
- Illustrations
- None
4 linked Howard works
- Drums of the Sunset story Howard writing Publications
- Showdown at Hell's Canyon story Howard writing Publications
- The Vultures of Whapeton story Howard writing Publications
- Wild Water story Howard writing Publications
10 contents entries
- "The Vultures of Whapeton"
- "Afterword (The Vultures of Wahpeton)" by Glenn Lord
- "Showdown at Hell's Canyon"
- "Drums of the Sunset"
- "Wild Water"
- The Vultures of Whapeton • non-genre • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Vultures of Wahpeton) 5 · novelette
- Afterword (The Vultures of Wahpeton) • non-genre • (1973) • essay by Glenn Lord 93 · essay
- Showdown at Hell's Canyon • non-genre • (1973) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Judgment of the Desert) 98 · novelette
- Drums of the Sunset • non-genre • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 132 · novelette
- Wild Water • non-genre • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 169 · novelette
Contributors
- Glenn Lord
- Afterword author
- Jeff Jones
- Cover artist
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