The Breckinridge Elkins Stories are humorous stories of a kind, strong but not very smart cowboy. He was featured in twenty-six humorous Western short stories. Other collections of stories are The Pike Bearfield stories, The Buckner Jeopardy Grimes stories and many more western tales. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard began losing interest in Conan in late 1934, with a growing desire to write westerns. Contents: The 'Breckinridge Elkins' Stories: Mountain Man Guns Of The Mountains The Scalp Hunter A Gent From Bear Creek The Road To Bear Creek The Haunted Mountain War On Bear Creek The Feud Buster Cupid From Bear Creek The Riot At Cougar Paw The Apache Mountain War Pilgrims To The Pecos Pistol Politics Evil Deeds At Red Cougar High Horse Rampage No Cowherders Wanted The Conquerin' Hero Of The Humbolts Sharp's Gun Serenade Texas John Alden The 'Pike Bearfield' Stories: While Smoke Rolled A Gent From The Pecos Gents On The Lynch The Riot Of Bucksnort The 'Buckner Jeopardy Grimes' Stories: A Man-Eating Jeopard Knife-River Prodigal A Ring-Tailed Tornado Other Western Stories: Golden Hope Christmas Drums of the Sunset Boot-Hill Payoff Vulture's Sanctuary The Vultures of Wahpeton