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The Dead Remember — Draft 2

Part of The Dead Remember

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units11
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

JezebelJezebel — Joel’s wife, who curses Jim GordonMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Jim GordonJim Gordon — Texas trail hand who writes the letter in The Dead RememberOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Joe RichardsJoe Richards — trail hand killed by a steerMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472JoelJoel — man killed by Jim Gordon near Zavalla CreekMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472John ElstonJohn Elston — trail boss on the cattle driveOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Mike O’DonnellMichael Joseph O’Donnell — bartender who gives a documentary statementOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Mrs. Dick WestfallMrs. Dick Westfall — Joe Richards’s sister living near SeguinMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472R. J. BlaineR. J. Blaine — cattleman figure in Knife, Bullet and NooseMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Sam GrimesSam Grimes — Ford County deputy who gives a documentary statementOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Steve KirbySteve Kirby — trail hand who ropes Gordon out of the milling cattleOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472Tom AllisonThomas Allison — teamster who gives a documentary statementOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472William L. GordonWilliam L. Gordon — addressee of Jim Gordon’s letter in Antioch, TexasMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 461-472

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 carbon copyHoward carbon copy
Extent11 pagesCompletenessPossibly incomplete

Physical extent: 11 pages / 11 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 50881–50891

Carbon copy of Robert E. Howard typescript material.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)
  • Paper Stock: The spreadsheet records yellow paper for this carbon copy. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Dead Remember, The (d2) · TSS 50881–50891 · spreadsheet rows 2789–2799

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.

Western Tales - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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