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Waterfront Fists and Others: The Collected Fight Stories of Robert E. Howard

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Waterfront Fists is a great collection of R.E.H. fight fiction. All but two are from his Sailor Steve Costigan series. These comic tales are always funny as Costigan gets into and out of various predicaments, usually involving money, women, or often both.Two of these stories ,Circus Fists and The Sluggers Game are worth the price of the whole book.If you dont know Howard as a humorist, you will after reading these two tales. The only disapointment is that The Iron Man,aka Iron Men,which Howard considered one of his best stories, is presented here in its heavily edited original publication form.However it is available elsewhere in Howards orginal manuscript, so it is interesting to read both and compare.As a bonus ,artwork from the original publications opens each story. You also get two letters Howard wrote about boxing, to a newspaper and magazine.If you like R.E.H.,or are looking for something different in humor I think you will enjoy Waterfront Fists