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
Assumed 1st printing of the 1980 edition.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- January 1980
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-425-04435-1 [978-0-425-04435-3]
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher / imprint
- Berkley
- Cover art
- Ken Kelly
- 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"
- The Vultures of Whapeton • non-genre • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Vultures of Wahpeton) 1 · novelette
- "Showdown at Hell's Canyon"
- Showdown at Hell's Canyon • non-genre • (1973) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Judgment of the Desert) 99 · novelette
- "Drums of the Sunset"
- Drums of the Sunset • non-genre • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 141 · novelette
- "Wild Water"
- Wild Water • non-genre • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 185 · novelette
- "Afterword" by Glenn Lord
- Afterword (The Vultures of Wahpeton) • non-genre • (1973) • essay by Glenn Lord 211 · essay
Contributors
- Glenn Lord
- Afterword author
- Ken Kelly
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- The Vultures of Whapeton
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Date
- January 1980
- Source file
- vulturey.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Vultures of Whapeton
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Date
- January 1980