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Post Oaks and Sand Roughs & Other Autobiographical Writings

Robert E. Howard

Start date: June 14, 2019

Finish date: January 1, 2020

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Jul 20, 2019 Vincent Darlage rated it really liked it

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This is a collection of autobiographical writings by Robert E. Howard, often with humor or fanciful twists to the tales. I liked how much of his real life was put into these stories, and I enjoyed the fanciful un-true-to-life endings he gave several. The stories really came to life when he described boxing matches - he really excels at action description.

I thought the footnotes really added a lot to the volume. I'm glad I waited for this edition to read the main tale within (Post Oaks and Sand R ...more

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