The gorilla-slayer moved out into the glade. Massive, terrible, he was the personification of the primitive, the Stone Age. His mouth yawned in a red… - Robert E. Howard

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The gorilla-slayer moved out into the glade. Massive, terrible, he was the personification of the primitive, the Stone Age. His mouth yawned in a red cavern of a grin; he bore himself with the haughty arrogance of savage might.

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About Robert E. Howard

Robert Ervin Howard (22 January 1906 – 11 June 1936) was an American writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories, published primarily in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s.

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Birth Name: Robert Ervin Howard
Alternative Names: REH • R. E. Howard • Robert Howard • Two-Gun Bob • Bob Howard • Patrick Mac Conaire • Steve Costigan • Patrick Ervin • Patrick Howard • Sam Walser
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