Guns of the Mountains
Guns of the Mountains is a collection of stories by Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian. The stories are set in the American Old West and feature a variety of characters, including gunfighters, outlaws, lawmen, and Native Americans. The stories in the collection include "Guns of the Mountains," "The Outlaw's Revenges," "The Ghost of Camp Colorado," "The Trail of the Apache," "The Valley of the Lost," "The Shadow of the Beast," "The Curse of the Golden Skull,", etc.
By Robert E. Howard · First published 1928 · Genre: Western, Adventure, Fantasy · 5,472 words
First lines
THIS BUSINESS BEGUN with Uncle Garfield Elkins coming up from Texas to visit us. Between Grizzly Run and Chawed Ear the stage got held up by some masked bandits, and Uncle Garfield, never being able to forget that he was a gun-fighting fool thirty or forty years ago, pulled his old cap-and-ball instead of putting up his hands like he was advised to. For some reason, instead of blowing out his light, they merely busted him over the head with a .45 barrel, and when he come to he was rattling on his way toward Chawed Ear with the other passengers, minus his money and watch.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Date: 1928 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Western, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
- Length: 5,472 words
- Structure: 1 section, 140 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Western — The title of the book, 'Guns of the Mountains', implies a story set in the American West, and the author, Robert E. Howard, is known for writing stories in the Western genre.
- Adventure — The title of the book implies a story of action and adventure, and the author, Robert E. Howard, is known for writing stories in the adventure genre.
- Fantasy — The author, Robert E. Howard, is known for writing stories in the fantasy genre, and the title of the book implies a story with elements of fantasy.
- Historical Fiction — The title of the book implies a story set in the past, and the author, Robert E. Howard, is known for writing stories in the historical fiction genre.
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adventure · fantasy · action · Western · historical · fiction · Robert E. Howard · mountains · guns · exploration · conflict · survival