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Characters in this exact text
Breckinridge Elkins / Elkins / IBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84JalatinJaphet Jalatin — Donovan accomplice in the novel; Draft 1 also calls him Japhet Rickby/HickbyOn Pagefirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84Jugbelly / Jugbelly JudkinsJugbelly Judkins — drinking-match trickster and Donovan accomplice in the novelOn Pagefirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84AshleyNed Ashley — Chawed Ear merchant and stage passenger who helps identify the supposed robberMentionedfirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84papRoarin' Bill Elkins — Breckinridge's fatherOn Pagefirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84DonovanWild Bill Donovan — cowpuncher/outlaw-like leader pursuing Cap'n Kidd with five menMentionedfirst: Rough Trails 4, A Gent from Bear Creek Draft 3, pp. 83–84
Surviving manuscript evidence
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Draft 3 — single surviving Howard typescript pageHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain
Physical extent: Single surviving manuscript page 273
TSS: 53098
Untitled Howard novel draft represented by one surviving page.
Additional documentary notes
- Single surviving page: Draft 3 survives only as one typescript page, page 273. (manuscript page 273)
Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 4, Editorial Notes p. 48; Draft 3 pp. 83–84
