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A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales
This collection showcases Robert E. Howard's comic westerns. Howard's novel "A Gent from Bear Creek" is included (with its text restored), as well as two additional western stories featuring Breck Elkins. Introduction by Paul Herman.
- GenresWesterns
224 pages, Hardcover
Published June 15, 2005
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About the author
Robert E. Howard
2,989 books2,649 followersRobert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror."
He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
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He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
—Wikipedia
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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November 27, 2012
I didnt know what to expect from this book and i bought it really out of respect for Howard versatality. I wondered did he have a real talent for humour stories.
I wanted to read a novel that was real funny and A Gent from Bear Creak didnt disappoint. It was tall tales,over the top humourus western story and i chuckled,laughed many times reading the novel. Elkins i couldnt help laughing at and with. The way he spoke,thought was was really well done and i have rarely read books that was funny through a whole book. I liked the accent,speech patterns of southern west times and slang i had to translate in my mind at times. It was like reading a Johnny Cash song which added colour,character.
The only real flaw was that at the end it turned more into action,adventure western and lost the humourus tone that i enjoyed reading. I have read maybe 10 outright humour books but this one is easily the funniest i have read.
I wanted to read a novel that was real funny and A Gent from Bear Creak didnt disappoint. It was tall tales,over the top humourus western story and i chuckled,laughed many times reading the novel. Elkins i couldnt help laughing at and with. The way he spoke,thought was was really well done and i have rarely read books that was funny through a whole book. I liked the accent,speech patterns of southern west times and slang i had to translate in my mind at times. It was like reading a Johnny Cash song which added colour,character.
The only real flaw was that at the end it turned more into action,adventure western and lost the humourus tone that i enjoyed reading. I have read maybe 10 outright humour books but this one is easily the funniest i have read.
February 13, 2019
While I am not as much of a fan of Howard's humor as his action and fantasy stories they are still good reads. Very recommended
January 27, 2016
While I am not as big a fan of Howard's humorous western tales as I am of his action stories these are still good reads. Funny and quick reads for a nice afternoon's diversion. Recommended
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