num_pages: 240
description: Berkley Books, 1980; Volume 1 of 2 (Vol. 2 is titled "The Second Book of Robert E. Howard"). Mass market paperback, reprints the Zebra paperback original from 1976. Introduction by the book's editor Glenn Lord. Includes sixteen poems, and these "Pigeons from Hell" (1938) by Robert E. Howard; "The Pit of the Serpent" [Sailor Steve Costigan] (1929) by Robert E. Howard; "Red Blades of Black Cathay" (1931) by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith; "Knife, Bullet and Noose" [The Sonora Kid] (1965) by Robert E. Howard; "Gents on the Lynch" [Pike Bearfield] (1936) by Robert E. Howard; "She Devil" [Wild Bill Clanton] (1936) by Robert E. Howard; "The Voice of El-Lil" (1930) by Robert E. Howard; "Black Wind Blowing" (1936) by Robert E. Howard; "The Curse of the Golden Skull" [Kull of Valusia] (1967) by Robert E. Howard; "Black Talons" (1933) by Robert E. Howard.
language: English
title: The Book of Robert E. Howard
titlecomplete: The Book of Robert E. Howard
characters: Pike Bearfield, Wild Bill Clanton, The Sonora Kid, Sailor Steve Costigan
genres: Pulp, Adventure, Short Stories, Fiction, Horror, Poetry, Fantasy
ratings_count: 147
publisher: Berkley