Full name: The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales

Author: Robert E. Howard Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Western Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780803273542 0803273541

Robert E. Howard turned to writing comic and dialect Western tales only late in his career, but he found an immediate and continuously successful market for them, and they are in many respects his most accomplished and polished works. The sixteen tales collected here are some of the best of his stories, featuring Breckinridge Elkins, Pike Bearfield, and Buckner J. Grimes-three inimitable characters who lead well-intentioned lives of perpetual confusion, mischance, and outright catastrophe. Fifteen of the stories were published between 1934 and 1937 in Action Stories, Argosy, or Cowboy Stories; the other remained unpublished for more than thirty years. Many of these stories were rewritten for book publication and have never been reprinted in their original form. They are reminiscent of traditional southwestern tall tales, told in dialect, featuring larger-than-life characters, swift action, broad satire, and wry humor. Similar books: The End of the Trail by Robert E. Howard A Gent From Bear Creek by Robert E. Howard Law of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone Guns of the Timberlands by Louis L'Amour The Iron Marshal by Louis L'Amour The Man from Skibbereen by Louis L'Amour Utah Blaine by Louis L'Amour Riding for the Brand by Louis L'Amour Kilkenny by Louis L'Amour Catlow by Louis L'Amour Matagorda by Louis L'Amour Fallon by Louis L'Amour Jericho's Road by Elmer Kelton Crossfire Trail by Louis L'Amour Over on the Dry Side by Louis L'Amour The High Graders by Louis L'Amour The Proving Trail by Louis L'Amour Vengeance Trail by David Thompson Apache Blood by David Thompson Firewater by David Thompson