Robert E. Howard’s writings
Exact textual stateVariant Fragment

A Gent from Bear Creek — Draft 1 — page 203 variant

StateDraft 1 — page 203 variantSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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Textual relationship

Branch Of Draft 1

Characters in this exact text

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Draft 1 page 203 variant — surviving Howard typescript leafHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: Single variant leaf numbered 203

TSS: 22212

Additional untitled Howard typescript leaf numbered 203, nearly identical to but not an exact match for the surviving Draft 1 page 203.

Additional documentary notes

  • Variant Leaf: Alternative page 203 wording; nearly identical to the main Draft 1 page 203 but not an exact match. (manuscript page 203)

Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 4, Editorial Notes p. 47; variant p. 73