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A Tough Nut to Crack

Part of A Tough Nut to Crack

StateDraft 2 — Kid ClarnySurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units15
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.

Introduction

A Tough Nut to Crack survives in unfinished Kid Allison and Kid Clarny forms dating from roughly early to mid-1931. The Clarny version is the more developed of the two; this textual state is the Kid Clarny draft.

Textual relationship

Rewritten From Draft 1 — Kid Allison

Characters in this exact text

Battling LynchBat Lynch — Godfrey’s earlier opponent in A Tough Nut to CrackMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 331Bill FlemingBill Fleming — Kid Clarny’s handlerOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 337Jim GodfreyBill Godfrey — Cape Town boxer in A Tough Nut to CrackOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 331SloanFleming — sporting man/contract stakeholder in A Tough Nut to CrackOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 333Constance GransonFranky Jones — Kid Allison’s fiancée/girlfriendMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 333Fox GurdenJack Reynolds — Kid Allison’s recurring managerMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 331John DornleyJim Donnelly — promoter in A Tough Nut to CrackOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 333Joe GoldsteinJoe Goldstein — stadium/promoter figureOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 332Frank GransonJohnny Grandson — cousin of Franky Jones in A Tough Nut to Crack Draft 1On Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 333Kid ClarnyKid Allison — recurring boxer/seaman identity appearing in The Voice of Doom and Lobo Volante and mentioned in Iron MenOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 331Mutt GodboldReddie Flynn — alternate fighter used in promoter threatMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 334Yukon McLarenShifty Kahn — Godfrey’s manager in A Tough Nut to CrackOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 331Young LenskyYoung Lensky — fighter sought by Allison/ClarnyOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 332

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.

Draft 2 — Kid Clarny — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent15 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 15 pages / 15 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 13565, 10763–10768, 64651, 10770–10776

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Tough Nut to Crack, A (d2) · TSS 13565, 10763–10768, 64651, 10770–10776

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.

Fists of Iron, Volume 4 — Ultimate Edition (supplied prepublication PDF)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Supplied Fists of Iron Volume 4 Ultimate Edition prepublication PDF