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Over the Old Rio Grandey

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StateYouthful writingSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Characters in this exact text

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Bill GarfieldBill Garfield — named companion in MexicoOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 379Happy HawkinsHappy Hawkins — named companion in MexicoOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 379Methe Rio Grande narrator — first-person companion of Bill Garfield and Happy HawkinsOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 379

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Howard handwritten manuscript — TSS 45037Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 45037

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify the physical item as handwritten from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 198–198

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.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 379Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 379

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗