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Mexican Vacation

Part of Mexican Vacation

StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units3Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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

Exhaustively reviewed for this catalogued Poetry state. Generic lyric speakers/addressees, collectives, places and purely metaphorical allusions are not manufactured into permanent Characters.

JuanJuan — Mexican border official/associate addressed by the customs man in “Mexican Vacation”On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 268

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.

Howard handwritten manuscript — TSS 82661Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82661

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 706–706

Glenn Lord retype — Untitled ("Palm-trees are waving")Secondary retype
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 preservation/reproduction pages

TSS: 15217–15218

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source physical description: Flat-t TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Untitled ("Palm-trees are waving") · TSS 15217–15218

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. 3 p. 268Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 268

Published in

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