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Characters in this exact text
Elkins / BreckinridgeBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 71 (first surviving occurrence)GooseneckGooseneck Wilkerson — Yeller Dog mayoral candidate in Pistol PoliticsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 71 (first surviving occurrence)LoboLobo Harrison — Yeller Dog participant in Pistol Politics; not automatically Rattlesnake HarrisonOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 71 (first surviving occurrence)
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.
False start #1 — surviving Howard typescript sheetHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete
Physical extent: Single surviving sheet, numbered manuscript page 4.
TSS: 22045
Single surviving Howard typescript fragment, numbered page 4.
Additional documentary notes
- Single surviving page: False Start #1 survives as a single sheet numbered page 4. (manuscript page 4)
- Repeated Catalogue Number: The same TSS number is also cited within the Draft 6 range; no silent deduplication or reassignment is made. (TSS 22045)
Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 3, Pistol Politics, Editorial Notes p. 4; False Start #1 p. 71; TSS 22045
