Boxing stories
by Howard, Robert E., (Robert Ervin)
"Although he is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and as a writer of historical fiction and fantasy, Robert E. Howard was both a successful author of popular boxing stories and an avid amateur boxer himself. T he sixteen stories and three poems collected in this volume show the full range of his talents for action, humor, and fistic philosophy." "Ten of the stories feature the sailor Steve Costigan, a lovable, hard-fisted, and innocent semipro pugilist who takes on dastardly vill…
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- Full title :Boxing stories / Robert E. Howard ; edited and with an introduction by Chris Gruber.
Summary
"Although he is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and as a writer of historical fiction and fantasy, Robert E. Howard was both a successful author of popular boxing stories and an avid amateur boxer himself. T he sixteen stories and three poems collected in this volume show the full range of his talents for action, humor, and fistic philosophy." "Ten of the stories feature the sailor Steve Costigan, a lovable, hard-fisted, and innocent semipro pugilist who takes on dastardly villains in exotic ports of call. Howard's brilliant blue-collar humor belies his preoccupation with the real-life issues near and dear to his heart - death, honor, pride, and a man's love for his dog." "Other stories are more dramatic and somber, including "Iron Men," which Howard called "the best fight story I ever wrote - in many ways the best story of any kind I ever wrote." Severely edited and truncated for its original publication in 1930 in Fight Stories magazine, the tale has never been published in its original form - until now. It appears here, completely restored from Howard's original typescript, in an authoritative version that Howard fans everywhere will appreciate."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication:Lincoln
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 313 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0803224230, 9780803224230, 0803273525, 9780803273528
- oclc:ocm57134321
- LC Classification:PS3515.O842
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
Table of Contents
In the ring [poem] -- The pit of the serpent -- The bull dog breed -- The champion of the forecastle -- Waterfront law -- Texas fists -- The fightin'est pair -- Vikings of the gloves -- Cultured cauliflowers -- A new game for Costigan -- Hard-fisted sentiment -- When you were a set-up and I was a ham [poem] -- The spirit of Tom Molyneaux -- Crowd-horror -- Iron men -- Kid Galahad -- Fists of the desert -- They always come back -- Kid Lavigne is dead [poem].
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