The Hills of the Dead (Esprios Classics)

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy horror historical adventure boxing western and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. Voracious reading along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling.