The Collected Letters Of Robert E Howard
Edited by Rob Roehm, with introductions and annotations by Rusty Burke.
Robert E. Howard Foundation Press

Abstract

Three volume (1-3) collection of all the letters of Robert E. Howard known to survive in 2008, plus some additional letters discovered later collected (along with the index) in an addenda; letters are unabridged and annotated by Howard scholar Rusty Burke (and Jeffrey Shanks in the addenda), and include reproductions of Howard's drawings in some of his letters. Because of Howard failing to date many letters, scholars have had to determine their order largely by internal evidence. Several letters with unknown dates or recipients are included in volume three, as well as several documents that were included in Howard's letters, and an addendum on 033-0031. Several address lists are included in the Index and Addenda.

• The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929 (2007)
• The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932 (2007)
• The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936 (2008)
• The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard - Index and Addenda (2015)

Contents

Collected Letters 1

1. Introduction, Rusty Burke, xi-xv
2. Acknowledgements, xvii
3. Notes on the Text, xix-xxi

Collected Letters 2

Introduction, Rusty Burke, xi-xiv
Acknowledgements, xv
Notes on the Text, xvii-xviii

Collected Letters 3

Introduction, Rusty Burke, xiii-xviii
Acknowledgements, xix
Notes on the Text, xxi-xxii

Documents Enclosed with TCS Letters

• "The Adventurer's Mistress", 509-510
• "I've done my part in writing it.", 511-512
• "Poem penned by Akbar Ali", 513-514
• "Crusade", 515
• "Sang the King of Midian", 516
• "Renunciation", 517-518
• "Thoughts of an Afghan on a raid.", 519
• "Relentless Reginald", 520
• Drawing of a strange cow, 522

Index and Addenda

1. Foreword, Jeffrey Shanks, x-xii
2. Additional Letters by Robert E. Howard, 1-45
3. Address List 1, 46
4. Address List 2, 46-47
5. Address List 3, 47-49
6. Address List 4, 49-50
7. Notes, Jeffrey Shanks, 52-54
8. Author's Note on Index, Bobby Derie, 55
9. Index to the Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Bobby Derie, 57-182
10. List of Howard's Correspondents, 183-186
11. List of Howard's Plays and Poetry, 187-198
12. About the Contributors, 199

Works Cited

Article

• A Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard
• Contact Without Friction!
• Gloria
• The Missing Mexico Trip

Books

• The Coming of Conan
• Glenn Lord's Ultima Thule
• One Who Walked Alone
• Post Oaks and Sand Roughs
• Robert E. Howard Selected Letters

Periodicals

• Adventure 10 November 1923
• The Ghost May 1945
• Howard Collector 5
• Howard Collector 9
• Howard Collector 13
• Leaves 1
• The "New" Howard Reader 3

Letters

• 000-0272
• 000-0595
• 000-0664
• 000-0861

Cited By

• A Means to Freedom