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Daughters of Feud

Part of Daughters of Feud

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units4
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Characters in this exact text

BrentBraxton Brent — schoolmaster at Whiskey Run in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Present in the surviving opening fragment of page 16.Buck KirbyBuck Kirby — Joan Kirby's brother; young feudist in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Enters during the gunfight in the surviving fragment.DickDick Pritchard — son of Bill Pritchard in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Present at the start of the surviving fragment.JimJim Pritchard — son of Bill Pritchard in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Named during the gunfight in the surviving fragment.JoanJoan Kirby — Kirby daughter and pupil at Whiskey Run in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Present at the start of the surviving page-16 fragment.JoeJoe Pritchard — eldest son of Bill Pritchard in Daughters of FeudOn Pagefirst: Present at the beginning of surviving page 16.

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 fragmentary Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent4 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: Incomplete typescript; only manuscript pages 16–19 survive

TSS: 66018, 66017, 66019, 30967

Four surviving pages from an otherwise missing untitled Howard draft.

Additional documentary notes

  • Partial Survival: Only manuscript pages 16–19 survive. (whole witness)
  • Missing Pages: The opening fifteen manuscript pages are not present in the surviving Draft 2 witness. (manuscript pages 1–15)

Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Daughters of Feud, Editorial Notes p. 257; surviving Draft 2 pp. 279–282

Published in

The Veiled Manuscripts - First Cuts: The Drafts and FragmentsREH Foundation PressJune 2026 (paperback) est. July 27, 2026 (hardcover)↗