A while back, I found on the Wikiquote page dealing with Chesterton the following concerning Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian)
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American author, poet, and widely-know pulp magazine "fictioneer" Robert E. Howard was much impressed by Chesterton's "The Ballad of the White Horse." In a letter to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith, dated 6 August 1926 [when Howard was 20], he writes: "
- There is great poetry being written now. G.K. Chesterton, for instance.
- Robert E. Howard, in a letter to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith (6 August 1926)
- Several books I purchased on my trip, among them G. K. Chesterton's The Ballad of the White Horse. Ever read it? It's great.
- Robert E. Howard, in a letter to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith (c. September
1927)
- Robert E. Howard, in a letter to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith (c. September
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