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22. Interview with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978.

23. Interview with L. L. and D. C. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.

24. Interview with L. and F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977.

25. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Feb. 1931.

26. McMurtry, p. 63.

27. REH: "Rogues in the House," in
The Coming of Conan,
p. 151.

28. Interview with S. Buzbee, 16 Apr. 1978.

29. REH: "A Touch of Trivia," in Lord (1976), p. 32.

30. REH to H. P. Lovecraft,
op. cit.

31. E. H. Price to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jun. 1936; in
The Howard Collector,
no. 3, Aut. 1962, p. 7.

32. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Sep. 1930.

33. REH: "An Autobiography," in Lord,
op. cit.,
p. 29.

4. 
Quercus stellata.

5. 
Quercus virginiana.

6. Interviews with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978; with L. L. and D. C. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.

7. 
Lupinus texensis.

8. REH:
Conan the Conqueror,
p. 149.

9. I. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 21 Jun. 1944; in
The Howard Collector,
no. 14, Spr. 1971, p. 19; T. C. Smith (1956), p. 47; letter from L. Garrett, 13 Nov. 1978.

10. Letter from A. Newton, Apr. 1978.

11. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.

12. Letter from A. Newton, Mar. 1978.

13. Interview with A. B. King, 26 Aug. 1978.

14. REH: "Some People Who Have Had Influence Over Me."

15. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. May 1932.

16. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.

17. Letter from A. Newton, Apr. 1978; REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930.

18. Interview with V. B. Nichols, 8 Mar. 1978.

19. REH to F. Wright, Sum. 1931.

20. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. early Jun. 1931; in Lord (1976), p. 49. In the printed version, the paragraphs following this one are excerpted from another letter to Lovecraft, of Jun. 1933.

21. REH to H. Preece, 5 Sep. 1928; in
The Howard Collector,
no. 9, Spr. 1967, p.
28.

22. Interviews with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978; with A. B. King, 26 Aug. 1978; with A. Newton, 2 Apr. 1978; letter from D. C. Morgan, May 1978.

23. Interviews with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978; with A. B. King, 26 Aug. 1978; with A. Newton, 2 Apr. 1978.

24.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price,
op. cit.,
p. 17.

25. Burns.

26. Name doubtfully reported as "Ezell."

27. Interview with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978.

28. Interview with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978.

29. 
Ibid.

30.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price,
op. cit.,
p. 19.

31. Interview with K. Merryman, 1H Jul. 1977.

32. 
Ibid.

33. Interview with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978.

34. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Jan. 1931; also to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.

35. Interview with L. L. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.

36. Interview with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978.

37. Letter from N. R. Chambers, 7 Jan. 1978.

38. Interview with D. C. Morgan, 6 March 1978. Mrs. Morgan was Dr. Solomon Chambers's daughter.

39. Letter from A. B. King, 24 Sep. 1978.

40. Ramacharaka, pp. 99, 102.

41. Interview with D. C. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.

42. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928; to H. P. Lovecraft, 9 Dec. 1931; early Aug. 1932; Jan. 1933; interviews with N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977; with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov. 1977; 16 Oct. 1978; with L. Tyson, 13 Aug. 1977.

43. Letter from N. R. Chambers, 29 Oct. 1978.

44. Letter from N. R. Chambers, 22 May 1978.

45. Interview with 0. L. Davis, 9 Sep. 1978.

46. Interview with F. M. Adamson, 16 Oct. 1978.

47. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep. 1930.

48. REH:
The Dark Man and Others,
p. 33.

49. Interview with L. L. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.

50. Interview with K. Merryman, 18 Oct. 1978; letter from L. Garrett, 13 Nov. 1978.

51. Interviews with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr.

1978; with V. B. Nichols, 8 Mar. 1978; Burns.

52. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 9 Dec. 1931; interview with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978; letter from A. Newton, Mar. 1978.

53. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930; 9 Dec. 1931; early Jan. 1932; late Feb. 1933.

54. Letter form N. R. Chambers, 22 May 1978.

55. Letter from H. 0. Newton, 9 Jul. 1978.

56. Interview with J. Scott, 19 Jul. 1977.

57. Interview with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978.

58.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price,
op. cit.,
p. 18.

59. 
Ibid., loc. cit.

60. Burns.

61. 
Ibid.

62. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Sep. 1933.

63. Deed 60, J. M. and S. F. Coffman to I. M. Howard, 2 Jan. 1920, Warranty Deed Record, p. 331, Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Tex.

Chapter VI, THE VIOLENT LAND.

1. REH:
The Grim Land,
in
The Grim Land and Others,
p. 15. A slightly different version appears as
Sonora to Del Rio
in
Echoes from an Iron Harp,
p. 84. The sotol is any of several plants of the genus
Dasyli-rion,
of the yucca family.

2. The name is Spanish for "balconies" (sing,
balcon).

3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 1 May 1932.

4. "Bison" and "buffalo" are both properly names for several species of Old World wild cattle. They are equally correct (or incorrect) when applied to the American animal,
Bison bison,
which has no distinctive common name.

5. Newcomb, p. 41.

6. Askins, p. 19.

7. Rhymes with "banshees"; from the Ute
komats,
"enemies." They called themselves Deneme, "the People." Fehren-bach,
passim.

8. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul. 1935.

9. Linton, p. 238f.

10. William Wordsworth:
Rob Roy's Grave.

11. McConnell, pp. 39-43.

12. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Nov.

1931; in
Amra,
II, 30 (Sep. 1964), p. 13.

13. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Aut. 1931.

14. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 31 May 1935.

15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.

16. Originally pronounced something like TESH-as or TAY-shas; the spellings with
x
and
j
were the Spaniards' attempts to represent the
sh
sound, which Spanish lacks.

17. Carter, p. 256. The name is spelled both "Ana" and "Anna"; the former is more in accord with Spanish usage.

18. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul. 1935.

19. Linton, pp. 238f.

20. Wisehart, p. 91.

21. Pike, pp. 134-42.

22. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Sep. 1931.

23. Graves (1960), p. 201.

24. Chrisman, p. 158.

25. Walter P. Webb, quoted in Gillett, p. 26, n.

26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933; late Sep. 1930; c. Sep. 1931.

27. Wisehart, p. 271.

28. McMurtry, p. 126.

29. Gambrell & Gambrell, pp. 183-93.

30. Phillips, II, p. 183.

31. Phillips, I, pp. 144-75; II, p. 167.

32. Gambrell & Gambrell, p. 187.

33. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934; 29 Dec. 1931.

34. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934.

35. Askins, p. 100.

36. Hardin, pp. 16f.

37. REH to A. W. Derleth, 29 Dec. 1931.

38. Gillett, p. 126.

39. Askins, p. 144.

40. Day, pp. 263f.

Chapter VII, BARBARIAN IN

1. REH:
Fragment,
in
Always Comes Evening
(1977), p. 18.

2. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Feb. 1931.

3. House, p. 99.

4. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Feb. 1931; c. Sep. 1931. See also REH to Lovecraft, early Jan. 1932; c. Jan. 1932; 2 Mar. 1932; 25 Jul. 1935.

5. Lord (1976), p. 26.

6. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Sep. 1930.

7. Interview with D. Tanner, 11 Jun. 1977; letter from N. R. Chambers, 7 Jan. 1978.

8. McKay and Faulk, p. 75.

9. Shipley, p. 174. For a fuller history of the antievolutionary movement, see L. Sprague de Camp:
The Great Monkey Trial
(New York: Doubleday, 1968).

10. R. Z. Howard, p. 19.

11. Chrisman,
passim;
Schott,
passim;
Settle,
passim.
Schleicher's given name is also spelled "Gustave" and "Gustavus."

12. T. C. Smith (1977), p. 49. The postman also carried paying passengers.

13. Interview with J. H. Childs, 18 Oct. 1978.

14. Interview with Mrs, A. L. Conlee, 18 Aug. 1979.

15. Deed 60, J. M. and S. F. Coffman to

41. Coffey, p. 72.

42. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.

43. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 25 Jul. 1935.

44. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.

45. Lewis, pp. 145ff.

46. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb. 1931; Idso, pp. 108-14.

47. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.

A BOOM TOWN.

I. M. Howard, 2 Jan. 1920, Warranty Deed Record, p. 331, Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Tex.

16. REH to A. W. Derleth, 9 May 1936.

17. REH to A. W. Derleth, 25 Mar. 1933.

18. Huber, p. 239.

19. 
Ibid.,
p. 207.

20. McMurtry, p. 55.

21. Interview with B. L. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.

22. Interviews with L. and F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977; N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977; K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977.

23. Interviews with K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977; 18 Oct. 1978; 21 Feb. 1980; with B. L. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.

24. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 26 Sep. 1932.

25. Letter from A. Newton, Apr. 1978.

26. Interview with T. R. Wilson, 13 Aug. 1977.

27. Interview with L. & F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977.

28. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932.

29. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930.

30. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Jan. 1932; c. Oct. 1930.

31. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.

32. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 1 May 1932.

33. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 10 Jan. 1932.

34. 
Ibid,.;
Perry, pp. 4f.

35. 
Essai sur I'inegalite des races hu-maines,
vol. I, 1853; vol. II, 1855.

36. 
Grundlagen des 19ten Jahrhunderts.
For Chamberlain's career, see Wm. L. Shirer:
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
(New York: Fawcett, 1960), pp. 152-59.

37. For a modern treatment of the question, see F. T. Wainwright:
The Problem of the Picts
(Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1970). Howard discussed whether the Picts spoke a Celtic tongue or, instead, a non-Indo-European language antedating the conquest of Britain by the Indo-European speakers, but surviving in a pre-Aryan enclave as Basque has in Spain. The question is not yet settled.

38. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 10 Jan. 1932.

39. Robertson, pp. 88f.

40. REH to F. Wright, 1931.

41. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931.

42. REH to A. W. Derleth, 9 May 1936.

43. REH:
The Tempter,
in
Always Comes Evening,
p. 81.