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Where Strange Gods Squall (part 1)

Part of Where Strange Gods Squall

StatePart 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1Catalogue rolePrimary / default
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

FitzsimmonsBob Fitzsimmons — historical heavyweight champion; source also uses Robert Fitzsimmons/FitzMentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 364 / PDF p. 382Drinking Highlander asked about the blue roadDrinking Highlander asked about the blue road — A drinking companion who responds mockingly to a traveler’s questions.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 363 / PDF p. 381CorbettJames J. Corbett — historical heavyweight champion; source also uses Jim Corbett/Gentleman JimOn Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 363 / PDF p. 381JeffriesJames J. Jeffries — historical heavyweight champion; source also uses Jim Jeffries/Big Jeff/The Big FellowMentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 364 / PDF p. 382SullivanJohn L. Sullivan — historical boxer mentioned in Draft 2On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 363 / PDF p. 381Unnamed traveler seeking the blue roadUnnamed traveler seeking the blue road — A traveler whose romantic expectations meet sarcastic replies.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 363 / PDF p. 381Woman conversing with the traveler on deckWoman conversing with the traveler on deck — A woman who rejects the traveler’s romantic advances.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 363 / PDF p. 381

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Part 1 — story fragment embedded in surviving Howard correspondenceHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 story page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 82488

Original Robert E. Howard typed correspondence containing a surviving story fragment; the surrounding letter is source context only.

Manuscript details

Source / manuscript titleWhere Stange Gods Squall

Additional documentary notes

  • Embedded In Correspondence: This surviving fragment is preserved within Robert E. Howard correspondence; the letter itself is documentary source context only. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Where Stange Gods Squall (d1) · TSS 82488 · spreadsheet row 19180

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.

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 363–364. Part 1 only, ending before Part 2 heading.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 363–364. Part 1.

Published in

Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer WorksREH Foundation PressDecember 2009↗