Complete Western Humorous Breckenridge Elkins of Robert E. Howard

The first of Howard's most commercially successful series (within his own lifetime) was started in July 1933. "Mountain Man" was the first of the Breckenridge Elkins stories, humorous westerns in a similar style to his earlier Sailor Steve Costigan stories and again featuring an exaggerated, cartoonish version of Howard himself as the main character.

Written as tall tales in the vein of Texas "Tall Lying" stories, the story first appeared in the March–April 1934 issue of Action Stories and was so successful that other magazines asked Howard for similar characters. Howard created Pike Bearfield for Argosy and Buckner J. Grimes for Cowboy Stories. Action Stories published a new Elkins story every month without fail until well after Howard's death. At Kline's suggestion, he also created A Gent from Bear Creek, a Breckenridge Elkins novel comprised from existing short stories and new material.


Contents

Evil Deeds at Red Cougar

A Gent From Bear Creek (Novella)

A Gent From Bear Creek (Short Story)

Cupid From Bear Creek

Guns of the Mountains

High Horse Rampage

Mountain Man

No Cowherders Wanted

Pilgrims To the Pecos

Texas John Alden

While Smoke Rolled

Pistol Politics

Sharp's Gun Serenade

The Apache Mountain War

The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts

The Feud Buster

The Haunted Mountain

The Riot at Cougar Paw

The Road to Bear Creek

The Scalp Hunter

Bear Creek