I have a faculty of memorizing any song or poem as I hear i… - Robert E. Howard

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I have a faculty of memorizing any song or poem as I hear it, many, especially the old Scotch and Irish ballads I heard my grandmother sing when I was but a child.

Robert E. Howard

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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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