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Knife, Gun and Noose — Draft 3

Part of Knife, Gun and Noose

StateDraft 3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units15
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 GaltBill Galt — Knife, Bullet and Noose figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142Grizzly GullinGrizzly Gullin — buffalo hunter antagonist in Knife, Bullet and NooseOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142Joe OrdJoe Ord — named figure in Knife, Bullet and NooseOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142John DonnellyJohn Donnelly — Knife, Bullet and Noose figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142Johnny ElkinsJohnny Elkins — Knife, Bullet and Noose gunmanOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142Mike ConnollyMike Connolly — Knife, Bullet and Noose figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142R. J. BlaineR. J. Blaine — cattleman figure in Knife, Bullet and NooseOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142Steve AllisonStephen Angus Allison — Steve Allison / the Sonora KidOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 131-142

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 typescriptHoward typescript
Extent15 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 15 pages / 15 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 52418–52432

Original Robert E. Howard typescript; later OAK/Glenn cataloguing or pagination marks are preserved separately as documentary annotations.

Manuscript details

Source / manuscript titleKnife, Bullet And NooseLater catalogue markThe spreadsheet records an OAK stamp on the surviving manuscript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Source Finality Note: The spreadsheet characterizes this witness as final or set up like a typical 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 · Knife, Bullet And Noose (d3) · TSS 52418–52432 · spreadsheet rows 9456–9470

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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