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Letter to August Derleth

From
H. P. Lovecraft
To
August Derleth
Date
March 26, 1935

Extract

Our distinguished fellow-weirdist Two-Gun Bob has succumbed to this fashion to the extent of hashing up his own middle name (Ervin—distinguished in Southern history for 200 years) & signing himself “Robert Eierbihn Howard”.

H. P. Lovecraft to August Derleth — March 26, 1935; Essential Solitude (Hippocampus Press).

Date evidence

Source ReportedMarch 26, 1935Source Reported

Textual states & sources

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Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth · Volume Hippocampus Press — supplied volume 2 · 388Surviving State · Edited Transcription

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Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Volume 2: 1932–1937Hippocampus PressMay 15, 2013↗