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Wild Water — Draft 3

Part of Wild Water

StateDraft 3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units27
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.

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Bill EmmettBill Emmett — Wild Water figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Bill Emmett’s fatherBill Emmett’s father — An earlier owner of the land later taken for Bisley Lake.Mentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 20 / PDF p. 38Bill Emmett’s grandfatherBill Emmett’s grandfather — An earlier family owner of the land later taken for Bisley Lake.Mentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 20 / PDF p. 38Bill Emmett’s wifeBill Emmett’s wife — A woman whose death her husband attributes to their poverty after losing their home.Mentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 21 / PDF p. 39Billy LearyBilly Leary — chief of police in Wild WaterOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Former ruler of Locust ValleyFormer ruler of Locust Valley — A cattleman who once controlled the valley through armed riders.Mentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 3 / PDF p. 21Hopkins’s auction representativeHopkins’s auction representative — A representative who declines to bid when threatened by the gathered farmers.Off Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 3 / PDF p. 21Horse ridden by Jim ReynoldsHorse ridden by Jim Reynolds — A horse taken from Jackson’s corral and ridden through the storm.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 14 / PDF p. 32Jim ReynoldsJim Reynolds — Wild Water protagonistOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Joel JacksonJoel Jackson — Wild Water figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173John BrillJohn Brill — Jim Reynolds’s brother-in-law in Wild WaterOff Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173John Brill’s wifeJohn Brill’s wife — A woman whose household loses its home through foreclosure.Mentionedfirst: Sentiment, printed p. 11 / PDF p. 29Judge BlaineJudge Blaine — Wild Water judge/political figureMentionedfirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Mike DaleyMike Daley — Wild Water figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Saul HopkinsSaul Hopkins — Wild Water figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 153-173Watchman at Bisley damWatchman at Bisley dam — A watchman whom Emmett says he kept supplied with liquor.Off Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 21 / PDF p. 39

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 3 — surviving Howard carbon copyHoward carbon copy
Extent27 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 27 pages / 27 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 11915–11930, 30974, 11931–11935, 30975, 11936–11939

Carbon copy of Robert E. Howard typescript material.

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving carbon copy. (witness level)
  • Source Finality Note: The spreadsheet characterizes this witness as final; this is preserved as source evidence only and is not treated as automatic textual authority. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Wild Water (d3) · TSS 11915–11930, 30974, 11931–11935, 30975, 11936–11939 · spreadsheet rows 19311–19337

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

https://reh.world/publications/?reh_publication=3086

Sentiment printed3–23Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Sentiment printed3–23