Velho Oeste Selvagem Robert E. Howard was a Brazilian crowd-funding project by Clock Tower Publishing House. It contains 5 stories by Howard, an introduction by Rusty Burke (same as in “The End of the Trail” by Bison books and an article on the history of the Wild West by Professor Edgar Smaniotto.

The crowd-funding project was a success and the funders could choose several items like bookmarks, posters and a tiny notebook (7,5 x 10 cm). There was also a T-Shirt and a sculpture of Howard (which I believe no one chose). At the moment I’m writing this both their website and their webstore is gone. 

Contents

• vii • “Bob Howard rumo ao oeste” essay by Rusty Burke
• xiv • “Velho oeste, uma breve história” essay by Professor Doutor Edgar Smaniotto.
• 27 • “Os Pistoleiros da cidade” (Law-Shooters of Cowtown) – by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • “O santuário dos abutres” (Vultures’ Sanctuary) by Robert E. Howard
• 53 • “Os abutres de Wahpeton” (Vultures of Whapeton) by Robert E. Howard (both endings)
• 122 • Águas selvagens” (Wild Water) by Robert E. Howard

Appendix

• 142 • “A última fronteira: A representacão do final do velho oeste e da antiga fronteira” (Local Color and its Underlying Meaning in Robert E. Howard’s Weird Western, Southern Gothic Horror, and Detective Stories) by Dierk Günther (from The Dark Man V8N2)
• 154 • “O natal da esperanca dourada” (Golden Hope Christmas) by Robert E. Howard
• 158 • “Billy the Kid e o confronto do condado de Lincoln” (Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War) • excerpts from the letters of Robert E. Howard (also posted in The End of the Trail.
• 170 • “A balada de Buckshot Roberts” (The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts) – poem by Robert E. Howard
• 172 • Novas diligências – a list of backers

Notes

Editorial team:

Translator: Daniel Iturvides Dutra
Reviewer: Aparecida Rondina Graphic design: Pedro H.S. de Andrade
Illustration of the short stories: Franz Brehme
Layout: José Geraldo Gouvêa

Cover Art: EdCarl Evans
Special Participation: Edgar Smaniotto and Rusty Burke
Organization: Denílson Carraretto