School Days in the Post Oaks

School Days in the Post OaksAn anthology of newspaper articles covering Robert E. Howards life and times in West Texas. The articles were pulled from community and school publicationsThe Tattler, Yellow Jacket, etc. The articles cover a range of activities: from Howards graduation from Cross Plains High to his summer graduation from the Howard Payne Commercial School. They describe events that occurred both on campus and off; for example, Howards Brownwood High graduation is

An anthology of newspaper articles covering Robert E. HowardÕs life and times in West Texas. The articles were pulled from community and school publicationsÑThe Tattler, Yellow Jacket, etc. The articles cover a range of activities: from HowardÕs graduation from Cross Plains High to his summer graduation from the Howard Payne Commercial School. They describe events that occurred both on campus and off; for example, HowardÕs Brownwood High graduation is narrated in detail, even including the text of the commencement speech. Other articles describe what it was like to work for the Yellow Jacket, the overcrowding at BHS, the senior picnic, and more. Along the way, other Howardian personalities receive equal attention: Clyde Smith, Novalyne Price, and others. This heaping helping of HowardÕs Òtime and placeÓ also includes all of HowardÕs stories and poems from the above-named publications, including the recently found ÒLetter of a Chinese StudentÓ and items whose authorship is uncertain. ThereÕs even an index.