Summary
The work is an examination of Robert E. Howard, the famous fantasy writer and creator of Conan the Barbarian.Relation to other works
The book is an expansion of de Camp's article "The Miscast Barbarian", which appeared in the magazine ''Fantastic (magazine), Fantastic'' in June, 1971. Later, in collaboration with Catherine Crook de Camp and Jane Whittington Griffin, he expanded the text again, into ''Dark Valley Destiny, Dark Valley Destiny: the Life of Robert E. Howard'' (1983), the first major independent biography of Howard.Notes
1975 non-fiction books American biographies Books by L. Sprague de Camp Books about Robert E. Howard {{lit-bio-book-stub