Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard

267 Pages·2021·23.64 MB·English

by  Todd B. Vick

Renegades and Rogues
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Renegades and Rogues
The Life and Legacy of
Robert E. Howard
University of Texas Press Austin
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Th e “Box of Monkeys” photo of Hester Jane Ervin and her half-siblings is used
by permission of Terry Baker. Th e photo of REH, Lindsey Tyson, and Tevis
Clyde Smith is used by permission of Robert L. Tyson and family and the
Howard House and Museum. Th e photos of Truett Vinson and Herbert Klatt
are used by permission of Christopher Oldham. All of the remaining photos
are used by permission of the Robert E. Howard Foundation.
Copyright © 2021 by the University of Texas Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Vick, Todd B., author.
Title: Renegades and rogues : the life and legacy of Robert E. Howard / Todd B.
Vick.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2020019514
ISBN 978-1-4773-2195-9 (cloth)
ISBN 978-1-4773-2196-6 (library ebook)
ISBN 978-1-4773-2197-3 (nonlibrary ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906–1936. | Authors,
American—Texas—Biography. | Fantasy fi ction, American—Texas—
History—20th century.
Classifi cation: LCC PS3515.O842 Z89 2020 | DDC 813/.52—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020019514
doi:10.7560/321959
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For my wife, Kasha
Shine, little light
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Contents
Introduction. Who Is Robert E. Howard? 1
Chapter One. Pioneering Stories: Th e Family of Robert E. Howard 5
Chapter Two. From Birth to Bagwell 16
Chapter Three. Cross Cut and Burkett 33
Chapter Four. Th e Birth of a Writer 43
Chapter Five. Tattlers and Yellow Jackets 51
Chapter Six. Pulp Fictioneer 64
Chapter Seven. Th e Other Side of the Counter 77
Chapter Eight. A New Species of Fantasy Fiction 88
Chapter Nine. Friends and Letters 96
Chapter Ten. Novalyne Price 116
Chapter Eleven. Broken on the Plowshare of Fate 130
Chapter Twelve. Th e Aft ermath 138
Chapter Thirteen. Writing a Legacy: Selected Stories 146
Chapter Fourteen. Full Circle: Th e Publishing Journey
of a Barbarian 171
Aft erword 192
Acknowledgments 195
Notes 197
Index 229
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