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The first of Howards 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 MarchApril 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 Howards death. At Klines suggestion, he also created A Gent from Bear Creek, a Breckenridge Elkins novel comprised from existing short stories and new material.

Table of 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
Sharps 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

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Robert E. Howard Complete Western Humorous Breckenridge Elkins series Anthologies

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