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Title: Mayhem on Bear Creek by Robert E. Howard, Tim Kirk ISBN: 0-937986-19-4 Publisher: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1979 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00

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Summary: An Artful Blending of Gomer Pyle and Baron von Munchausen
Comment: Robert E. Howard's artful depiction of life on the 'old frontier' begins in 'A Gent from Bear Creek' and continues in 'Mayhem on Bear Creek'. Howard has often been recognized for his creations of Conan and Kull. Now comes another fantastic (and more contemporary) hero in the form of Breckinridge Elkins. In this hilarious collection of seven short stories of the old Southwest, Howard details the larger than life adventures of a character who has the innocence of a Gomer Pyle and the exaggeration of a Munchausen. For example, among his many exploits, Breckinridge Elkins single-handedly defeats a goup of 50+ 'antagonists' in a family fued for a distant uncle, only to discover in the end the distant uncle is no uncle at all (reminiscent of Gilda Radner's 'Never Mind' from SNL). He defeats gang after gang of villanous outlaws and cutthroats, treating injuries severe enough to kill us 'mere mortals' as minor nuisances. You'll need to adjust your frame of reference as if Breckinridge were sending you a series of letters to truly enjoy this book. But once you've adjusted to Howard's 'hillbilly' words and spellings, the book will take off on its own and be over before you know it. Here's a sampling of Howard as he describes Breckinridge's efforts to collect on a debt from 'Old Man Garnett' on behalf of his jailed friend 'Glaze Bannack: "Glaze never could stay out of trouble, not being tactful like me, but he was a purty good sort of hombre. So I headed for Buck Creek and collected the money off of Old Man Garnett, which was somewhat reluctant to give up the dough. In fact he bit me severly in the hind laig whilst I was setting on him prying his fingers loose from that there ten spot, and when I rode off down the road with the dinero, he run into his shack and got his buffalo gun and shot at me till I was clean out of sight. But I ignored his lack of hospitality. I knowed he was too dizzy to shoot straight account of him having accidentally banged his head on a fence post which I happened to have in my hand whilst we was rassling..." Anyway, you get the point. Kick back and enjoy!