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Exact textual stateFalse Start

Evil Deeds at Red Cougar

Part of Evil Deeds at Red Cougar

StateFalse start #1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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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.

False start #1 — surviving Howard typescript sheetHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: Single surviving sheet, numbered manuscript page 11.

TSS: 51063

Single Howard typescript fragment, numbered page 11.

Additional documentary notes

  • Single surviving page: False Start #1 survives as a single sheet numbered page 11. (manuscript page 11)
  • Catalogue Sequence Anomaly: First Cuts notes that this sheet appears catalogued with/adjacent to Draft 3 material but represents a false start; it is not silently folded into Draft 3. (TSS 51063)

Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 3, Evil Deeds at Red Cougar, Editorial Notes p. 78; False Start #1 p. 143; TSS 51063

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