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Texas Matters: Why Conan The Barbarian is a Texan

Texas Matters: Why Conan The Barbarian is a Texan

Update: 2025-09-05
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He dreamed up Conan the Barbarian from his lonely town of Cross Plains, Texas. But where did Robert E. Howard find his inspiration for the sword-and- sorcery, weird tales that still resonate today? Howard dipped his pen in the inkwell of Texas history, tall tales and the boom and bust of the oil fields. How Conan is really a Texan.
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Texas Matters: Why Conan The Barbarian is a Texan

Texas Matters: Why Conan The Barbarian is a Texan

David Martin Davies