The Last Celt

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

Language

English

13 linked Howard works

• A Touch of Trivia story Howard writing Publications
• An Autobiography story Howard writing Publications
• Heavyweight Champions story Howard writing Publications
• Iron Shadows in the Moon story Howard writing Publications
• Kublai Khan verse Poetry Publications
• Pictures in the Fire story Howard writing Publications
• The Follower verse Poetry Publications
• The Hall of the Dead story Howard writing Publications
• The Hand of Nergal story Howard writing Publications
• The Wandering Years story Howard writing Publications
• Untitled (Jack Dempsey) story Howard writing Publications
• When Wolf Meets Wolf verse Poetry Publications
• Young Lockanbars verse Poetry Publications

84 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by E. Hoffmann Price
2. Introduction (The Last Celt) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price 9 · introduction
3. "Foreword" by Glenn Lord
4. Foreword (The Last Celt) • essay by Glenn Lord 17 · introduction
5. Autobiography
6. The Wandering Years • (1945) • essay by Robert E. Howard 23 · essay
7. "The Wandering Years"
8. An Autobiography • essay by Robert E. Howard 29 · essay
9. "An Autobiography"
10. A Touch of Trivia • essay by Robert E. Howard 31 · essay
11. "A Touch of Trivia"
12. Letter: Robert E. Howard to Farnsworth Wright, circa 1931 ("In your last letter you asked me...") • [Letters to Farnsworth Wright] • (1975) • essay by Robert E. Howard 37 · essay
13. Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931, "In your last letter you asked me to give you …"
14. On Reading - And Writing • essay by Robert E. Howard 41 · essay
15. "On Reading - And Writing" (excerpts from letters)
16. Facts of Biography • essay by uncredited 63 · essay
17. Biography
18. A Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard • (1935) • essay by Alvin Earl Perry 65 · essay
19. "Facts of Biography"
20. Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam • (1946) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard 1936) 71 · essay
21. "A Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard" by Alvin Earl Perry
22. Lone Star Fictioneer • essay by Glenn Lord 71 · essay
23. Letter to Alvin Earl Perry, ca. early 1935, "The first character I ever created … " (excerpt only)
24. A Memory of R. E. Howard • (1945) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price 81 · essay
25. "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam" by H.P. Lovecraft
26. The Last Celt • (1968) • essay by Harold Preece 93 · essay
27. "Lone Star Fictioneer" by Glenn Lord
28. The Bibliography (The Last Celt) • essay by Glenn Lord 105 · essay
29. "A Memory of R.E. Howard" by E. Hoffmann Price
30. The Skull of Silence • poem by Robert E. Howard 207 · poem
31. "The Last Celt" by Harold Preece
32. The Hand of Nergal • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 355 · story
33. Bibliography
34. The Battle That Ended the Century • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 359 · story
35. "The Bibliography" by Glenn Lord
36. Pictures in the Fire • short story by Robert E. Howard 365 · story
37. Books
38. The Hall of the Dead (Synopsis) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 367 · story
39. Fiction
40. The Robert E. Howard Memorial Collection • essay by uncredited 369 · essay
41. Verse
42. Iron Shadows in the Moon (first page of typescript) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 371 · story
43. Articles
44. Letters (The Last Celt) • essay by various 372 · essay
45. Letters
46. The Golden Caliph • (1922) • essay by Robert E. Howard 376 · essay
47. Index by Periodicals
48. Jazz Music • essay by Robert E. Howard 377 · essay
49. Translations
50. Untitled fragment ("A Cossack and a Turk...") • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 377 · story
51. Unpublished Fiction
52. Untitled poem ("When wolf meets wolf...") • poem by Robert E. Howard 377 · poem
53. Unpublished Verse
54. Kublai Khan • poem by Robert E. Howard 377 · poem
55. Unpublished Articles
56. The Sword • essay by Robert E. Howard 378 · essay
57. Series Index
58. The Follower • poem by Robert E. Howard 379 · poem
59. Lost Manuscripts
60. Young Lockanbars • poem by Robert E. Howard 379 · poem
61. Unborn Books
62. Spears of the East • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 380 · story
63. Comics
64. Cartoon (The Last Celt) • (1929) • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard 382 · artwork
65. Television Adaptations
66. Map of the Hyborian Age • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard 384 · artwork
67. The Junto
68. About the Author
69. Miscellanea
70. "The Hand of Nergal" (an untitled and unfinished draft)
71. "The Battle That Ended the Century" by H.P. Lovecraft
72. "Pictures in the Fire" (hand written, first page only)
73. "The Hall of the Dead" (synopsis)
74. The Robert E. Howard Memorial Collection
75. "Iron Shadows in the Moon" (first page of original typescript)
76. Letters
77. "The Golden Caliph" Contains facsimile of THE GOLDEN CALPH Volume 1 Number 1 (REH’s own amateur magazine ) Contents: Untitled "When wolf meets wolf" (poem) Untitled "A Cossack and a Turk …" "Kublai Khan" (poem) "Jazz Music" "The Sword" "The Follower" (poem) "Young Lockanbars" (poem) "Spears of the East" Untitled "Jack Dempsey …" "Heavyweight Champions" (list)
78. "R.E.H., as Mythical Dane" (REH drawing from a letter)
79. Cartoon from the Junto
80. "Map of the Hyborian Age"
81. A Robert E. Howard Photograph Album
82. A Gent From Bear Creek (Herbert Jenkins book cover)
83. Magazine Covers
84. Obituaries

Contributors

Marcus Boas

Illustrator

E. Hoffmann Price

Introduction author, Essayist

Glenn Lord

Foreword author, Essayist

Alvin Earl Perry

Essayist

Ken Kelly

Cover artist

H. P. Lovecraft

Essayist

Harold Preece

Essayist

Robert E. Howard

Essayist

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