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Lone Scout of Letters

Roehm's Room Press

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Publication date: November 2011

Introduction

Herbert C. Klatt was a primary figure of the Lone Scouts of America movement in Texas. Not only did he contribute to Lone Scout, the organization’s official organ, he also wrote articles for a plethora of “tribe papers” and edited Lone Scout columns for regional and community newspapers. Despite all this, Klatt is probably best known as a friend and correspondent of Texas author Robert E. Howard. Klatt’s importance in Howard’s biography has not been fully explored, but he was instrumental in the introduction of his more famous friend to the group of writers that eventually produced The Junto, including Harold Preece and Booth Mooney. Upon his death in 1928, Klatt’s friends attempted to garner support for a memorial collection of his writings. Plans were made and printers contacted, but the attempt was never realized—-until today. This anthology collects Klatt's letters to Tevis Clyde Smith and a sampling of his Lone Scout material. It also includes material by Robert E. Howard, Truett Vinson, and Smith.

Notes

  • I. Wade Truett Vinson by Rob Roehm
  • "Lone Scout Messenger Department"
  • "A Comanche War Raid"
  • "Facts About Star Science"
  • "Gee! Just Think!"
  • "Around the Council Fire"
  • Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: July 6, 1921
  • "A Tenderfoot’s Hike"
  • "Astronomy"
  • "Texas"
  • "Eureka"
  • Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: April 15, 1925
  • Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: April 26, 1925
  • "Editorial" Note
  • Truett Vinson to Robert E. Howard: circa fall 1925
  • Truett Vinson to Harold Preece: Aug. 20, 1927
  • Truett Vinson to Robert E. Howard: Aug. 30, 1928
  • Truett Vinson to Harold Preece: Dec. 27, 1928
  • "The Autobiography of a Bookkeeper"
  • "An Open Letter to Texas’ Governor" Comment
  • "Movie Notes"
  • "Notice" Comments
  • "New Orleans Sketches"
  • "Through Colorado"
  • Comment
  • Comment
  • "In Defense of the Christ"
  • II. Tevis Clyde Smith by Rob Roehm
  • "Lone Scout Messenger Department"
  • "Degrees—Not de Thoid?"

Notes

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Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
hardcover
Publication date
November 2011
Pages
xxxviii plus 208
Publisher / imprint
Roehm's Room Press
Cover art
Photograph of Herbert C. Klatt
Illustrations
Multiple photographs
Edition
1st
Format
paperback
Publication date
November 2011
Pages
xxxviii plus 208
Publisher / imprint
Roehm's Room Press
Cover art
Photograph of Herbert C. Klatt
Illustrations
Multiple photographs

139 contents entries

  1. Robert E. Howard to Herbert Klatt: ca. fall 1925 "Bohut salaam, bahadur: / Again I write you, . . ."
  2. "Stone Ranch" (excerpt from POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS)
  3. "Stone Ranch" (excerpt from POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS) Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith: ca. May 1928
  4. Robert E. Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith: ca. May 1928 "Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West."
  5. "Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West."
  6. Also contains numerous excerpts from letters and POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS
  7. Other Contents
  8. Introduction: Herbert C. Klatt by Rob Roehm
  9. Lone Scout of Letters
  10. "Lone Scout Messenger Department"
  11. "Lost His Card"
  12. "For Those Interested in Birds"
  13. "Easily Made Popcorn Popper"
  14. "Wiselets"
  15. "Can You Break an Egg?"
  16. "Why Tribe Papers?"
  17. Letter to Lone Scout
  18. "The Round-Up: March 1924" by Royal McDonald
  19. "Allan Quartermain"
  20. "The Printing Question"
  21. "Sparks"
  22. "Typing"
  23. "The Round-Up: July 1924" by Royal McDonald
  24. "Publicity Exhibits"
  25. "The Lone Scout Department" by William Glenn Wilson
  26. "The Round-Up: Nov. 1924" by Royal McDonald
  27. "Finances for Seven"
  28. "The Round-Up: Jan. 1925" by Royal McDonald
  29. "The Round-Up: March 1925" by Ottie Gill
  30. "The Texarkoma Conference" by Karl M. Read
  31. Excerpt: Vinson to Smith, April 26, 1925
  32. "Here and There in Collector-dom"
  33. "Rope" (verse)
  34. "The Farm Blacksmith Shop"
  35. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: May 27, 1925
  36. "Noted Remarks of Un-Noted Authors"
  37. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: June 28, 1925
  38. "Sifter for Cleaning Cane Seed"
  39. "Windmill as Signal Tower"
  40. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: July 2, 1925
  41. "Texas News Notes" by Roy W. McDonald
  42. Editorial, unsigned
  43. "Texarkoma Conference" unsigned
  44. "Council Finances" Note
  45. "Notes" by Menlou Jermstad
  46. "Central Texas Lone Scout Encampment" by Tom W. Drinkard
  47. "Council Finances"
  48. Note
  49. "Making Shoes Last Longer"
  50. "Repairing Split Tool Handles"
  51. "Lone Scouts of America" by J. W. Canada
  52. "Our Lone Scout Page"
  53. "Texarkoma Scout Changes Hands"
  54. "Another Lone Scout Page" by Moody O. Wallis
  55. "Children’s Play Wagon"
  56. "Editorially Speaking"
  57. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: Sept. 6, 1925
  58. "Editorially Speaking"
  59. "Why I Joined the LSA" by Henry Adams
  60. "The Booster Award"
  61. "Our Monthly Pow-Wow" by Harold Preece
  62. Herbert Klatt to Robert E. Howard: ca. fall 1925
  63. "Jolting the Speed Out of Speedsters"
  64. "Grow Some Willows"
  65. "Want to Join?"
  66. "The Useful Thing"
  67. "The Club Boys’ Encampment"
  68. "Our Monthly Pow-Wow"
  69. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: Nov. 26, 1925
  70. "Other Amateur Publications" Note
  71. "Title Winners in Texarkoma"
  72. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: Dec. 10, 1925
  73. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: Dec. 21, 1925
  74. "Other Amateur Publications"
  75. Note
  76. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: Jan. 19, 1926
  77. "A Blackboard at Home"
  78. "Winter Reading"
  79. "Fall in Line, Fellows!"
  80. "Scout Brevities"
  81. "Other Notes"
  82. "Scout Brevities"
  83. "The Southland Farmer Tribe"
  84. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: March 9, 1926
  85. "POWS" by Roy DeMent
  86. Letter to Texarkoma Lone Scout
  87. "On Degree Trails"
  88. "Stamp Collecting"
  89. "Grab Pack for that Hike"
  90. "Lone Scout Rallies"
  91. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: July 25, 1926
  92. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: March 7, 1927
  93. Gone West
  94. Herbert Klatt to Clyde Smith: July 12, 1927
  95. "Herbert Klatt Died Thursday Morning"
  96. Excerpt: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs
  97. "Herbert Klatt Is Laid to Rest at Hamilton"
  98. Excerpt: Howard to Smith, ca. fall 1927
  99. Excerpt: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs
  100. "Regional Conference-Rally at Dallas" unsigned
  101. Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: May 16, 1928
  102. Contents continued in next column
  103. C. F. Klatt to Clyde Smith: May 18, 1928
  104. "In Memory of Herbert C. Klatt"
  105. Truett Vinson to "Friend": May 21, 1928
  106. Truett Vinson to "Friend": May 25, 1928
  107. Excerpt: Booth Mooney to Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928
  108. Truett Vinson to "Friend": June 5, 1928
  109. "Epilogue" by Rob Roehm
  110. I. Wade Truett Vinson by Rob Roehm
  111. "Lone Scout Messenger Department"
  112. "A Comanche War Raid"
  113. "Facts About Star Science"
  114. "Gee! Just Think!"
  115. "Around the Council Fire"
  116. Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: July 6, 1921
  117. "A Tenderfoot’s Hike"
  118. "Astronomy"
  119. "Texas"
  120. "Eureka"
  121. Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: April 15, 1925
  122. Truett Vinson to Clyde Smith: April 26, 1925
  123. "Editorial" Note editorial
  124. Truett Vinson to Robert E. Howard: circa fall 1925
  125. Truett Vinson to Harold Preece: Aug. 20, 1927
  126. Truett Vinson to Robert E. Howard: Aug. 30, 1928
  127. Truett Vinson to Harold Preece: Dec. 27, 1928
  128. "The Autobiography of a Bookkeeper"
  129. "An Open Letter to Texas’ Governor" Comment letter
  130. "Movie Notes"
  131. "Notice" Comments
  132. "New Orleans Sketches"
  133. "Through Colorado"
  134. Comment
  135. Comment
  136. "In Defense of the Christ"
  137. II. Tevis Clyde Smith by Rob Roehm
  138. "Lone Scout Messenger Department"
  139. "Degrees—Not de Thoid?"

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Title
Lone Scout of Letters
Publisher
Roehm's Room Press
Date
November 2011
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Title
Lone Scout of Letters
Publisher
Roehm's Room Press
Date
November 2011
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