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Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace — Draft 1

Part of Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units9
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

Abdullah the Terrible TurkAbdullah the Terrible TurkOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293Bill McGloryBill McGloryOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293China MoonChina Moon — Mike Dorgan’s vesselMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293DutchmanDutchman — Bill McGlory’s ship in Turkish Menace; not a human Dutchman labelMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293GoslinGoslinOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293KalisskyKalisskyOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293MikeMike — Steve Costigan’s white bulldog and constant animal companionOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293Mike DorganMike Dorgan — Costigan-world sailor, friend of Steve and Bill McGlory in Turkish MenaceOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293Sea GirlSea Girl — merchant ship associated with Sailor Steve CostiganOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293Steve CostiganSteve Costigan — sailor-boxer brought in to face Snake Wamberson in The Trail of the SnakeOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 293

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 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent9 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 9 pages / 9 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 63261–63269

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace (d1) · TSS 63261–63269 · spreadsheet rows 13588–13596

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.

Fists of Iron, Volume 3 — Ultimate Edition (supplied near-final PDF)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Supplied near-final Fists of Iron Volume 3 UE v0.5 PDF