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Beyond the Black River: Large Print

Robert E. Howard

Beyond the Black River: Large Print

Paperback (Independently published Dec. 29, 2019)
"Beyond the Black River" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan's battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River.-Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 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 was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death.
ISBN
1676362851 / 9781676362852
Pages
185
Weight
12.0 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.4 in.

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