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West is West

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Catalogue facts

Published dateDecember 22, 1922
Written1922

Characters in this exact text

AlkaliAlkali — The ranch hand who leads Whirlwind out for a novice rider.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 317 / PDF p. 335General JacksonAndrew Jackson — historical American general/president invoked in the sourceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 388foremanRanch foreman — unnamed but individually stable foreman in West Is WestOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 387Two-Gun GhallihanTwo-Gun Ghallihan — published West Is West antagonistOn Pagefirst: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE pp. 387–388unnamed narratorUnnamed narrator of West Is West — first-person ranch hand and protagonistOn Pagefirst: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE pp. 387–388Utah JackUtah Jack — top hand/ranch hand in West Is WestOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 387WhirlwindWhirlwind — horse in West Is WestOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 387

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 — Ultimate Edition 2.01 (REH Foundation Press)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE pp. 387–388 — West Is West — Tattler publication; Source text is the first publication in The Tattler, December 22, 1922.

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 317–318.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 317–318.

Published in

Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer WorksREH Foundation PressDecember 2009↗School Days in the Post OaksREH Foundation PressMay 2011↗The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UEREH Foundation PressMarch 2026↗