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Characters in this exact text
AlexanderAlexander — Breckinridge Elkins's muleOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41Bat O'ToolBat O'Tool — visiting boxer from New YorkOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 48BillBill Elkins — Breckinridge's brother; not his father Roarin' Bill ElkinsMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41Bill ElstonBill Elston — intended recipient of the post-office letterMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 55Buffalo RogersBill Rogers — local acquaintance who relays the post-office messageMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41old man BraxtonBraxton — Tomahawk storekeeper/postmasterOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 48Breckinridge ElkinsBreckinridge ElkinsOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41Bruiser McGoortyBruiser McGoorty — boxer from San FranciscoOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 48Comanche SantryComanche Santry — outlaw gang leaderMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 45JohnJohn Elkins — Breckinridge's brotherMentionedfirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41McVeyMcVey — Sheriff in the Tomahawk / Bear Creek storiesOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 45Roarin' Bill ElkinsRoarin' Bill Elkins — Breckinridge's fatherOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 41Yucca BlaineYucca Blaine — boxing refereeOn Pagefirst: First Cuts: Rough Trails 1, p. 49
Surviving manuscript evidence
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Draft 3 — surviving Howard carbon copyHoward carbon copy
Extent18 pagesCompletenessComplete
TSS: 63717–63733, 65867
Carbon copy typescript on onion skin paper; text is extremely faint.
Additional documentary notes
- Onion-skin carbon: Carbon copy typed on onion skin paper. (whole witness)
- Faint text: The surviving carbon is extremely faint. (whole witness)
Source: First Cuts: Breckinridge Elkins — Rough Trails 1, Editorial Notes, p. 3
