![]() ![]() Howard also wrote a travelogue of the 1935 New Mexico trip in two letters to Lovecraft and Derleth. Howard had a great interest in the Lincoln County War and its most famous fighter, Billy the Kid, and wrote of the events in many letters to H.P. Patrice Louinet, in his essay 1 on Howard’s writing of the Conan tales argued that the feud of the inhabitants of Xuchotl was inspired by Howard’s June 1935 trip to New Mexico, when he and Truett Vinson stopped at the town of Lincoln, home of the famous Lincoln County War, to see the sites of the notorious conflict. ![]() ![]() Howard’s two trips to New Mexico in 19 with his good friend Truett Vinson provided ideas for his stories. As is well known, Howard used a lot of real life historical incidents and places as inspiration to write many of his stories. Howard’s final Conan story, “Red Nails”, relates how Conan and his fellow adventurer Valeria come upon a giant, totally enclosed city, Xuchotl, where the inhabitants have divided up into two factions and are in a deadly war to wipe each other out. We’ve got another guest post by John Bullard for you today: ![]()
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