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Sharp's Gun Serenade — Draft 2

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StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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

Bill Glanton / BillBill Glanton — Texas gunman guiding Professor Van Brock in the Haunted MountainsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 323IBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 323Jack SpragueJack Sprague — young man rescued from suicide; elopes with Miss DevonOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 323sheMiss Devon — young schoolteacher intended for Chawed Ear; elopes with Jack SpragueOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 3, p. 323

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.

Draft 2 — surviving Howard typescript fragmentHoward typescript
Extent24 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: Originally 24 pages; pages 1–23 missing; only final page survives

TSS: 50003

Untitled Howard typescript fragment. Only the final page of the original 24-page typescript survives.

Additional documentary notes

  • Single surviving page: Only the final page survives from an original 24-page typescript; pages 1 through 23 are missing. (final manuscript page)
  • Untitled Witness: First Cuts describes Draft 2 as untitled. (witness level)

Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 3, Sharp's Gun Serenade, Editorial Notes p. 318; Draft 2 p. 323