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Exact textual stateDraft

The Diablos Trail — Draft 1

Part of The Diablos Trail

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2
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

Doc KirbyDoc Kirby — doctor mentioned in Pike Bearfield's storyMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 422a trader returning from Santa FeOld Badger McGillen — veteran trail traveler who advises PikeOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 422BearfieldPike Bearfield — Wolf Mountain/Lazy Fishook protagonistOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 422William WestphalWilliam Westphal — owner of the Lazy Fishook Ranch and Pike Bearfield's bossOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 2 UE p. 421

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 — story text embedded in surviving Howard correspondenceHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 story page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 52678

Original Robert E. Howard typed correspondence containing distinct story text; the correspondence itself is documentary source context, not a separate REH Writings textual state.

Manuscript details

Source / manuscript titleDiablos Trail, The

Additional documentary notes

  • Embedded In Correspondence: The surviving story text is embedded within Robert E. Howard correspondence. The surrounding letter is retained only as physical/source context and is not imported as a Work or Textual Version. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Diablos Trail, The (d1) · TSS 52678 · spreadsheet rows 3055–3055

Draft 1 — additional embedded story page 2Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 52679

Additional Robert E. Howard story-text page embedded in the same surviving correspondence as the already-imported Draft 1 page 1.

Additional documentary notes

  • Embedded In Correspondence: Story text is embedded in surviving Howard correspondence. (witness level)
  • Continuation Page: Additional represented story page 2. (witness level)
  • Dwindling To Synopsis: The source describes the embedded story beginning as dwindling to synopsis. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Diablos Trail, The (d1) · TSS 52679 · spreadsheet rows 3056–3056