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StateDraft 3-1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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Textual relationship

False Start From Draft 3

Characters in this exact text

ClantonWild Bill ClantonOn Pagefirst: Only surviving false-start sentence.

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Draft 3-1 — false-start leafHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: False start consisting only of manuscript page 18

TSS: 45066

Single surviving false-start page.

Additional documentary notes

  • False Start: Draft 3-1 is a false start consisting only of page 18. (manuscript page 18)

Source: First Cuts: The Veiled Manuscripts v1.4, Murderer's Grog Editorial Notes p. 410; Draft 3-1 p. 457

Published in

The Veiled Manuscripts - First Cuts: The Drafts and FragmentsREH Foundation PressJune 2026 (paperback) est. July 27, 2026 (hardcover)↗