Sacred Clowns Manuscripts

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  10. Sacred Clowns: Re-edited Version of Chapters 19 and 20.

  Tony Hillerman

  This is the manuscript for the edits of chapters 19 and 20 of Sacred Clowns. The manuscript appears to have been slightly edited by Hillerman himself.

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  11. Sacred Clowns: Miscellaneous Pages.

  Tony Hillerman

  This manuscript includes miscellaneous pages from the creation of Sacred Clowns. In this manuscript there are chapter outlines, revised chapters, edited front matter from page proofs, and pages of the novel that have been edited by Harper and Row. These edited pages appear to have been edited using a version of HotDocs which is a DOS based word processor.

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  1. Sacred Clowns: Initial Outline and Draft of First Third.

  Tony Hillerman

  This appears to be the earliest outline of Sacred Clowns. This manuscript contains correspondence and the first third of the novel. The manuscript was tried and contained only very minimal edits.

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  2. Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Draft.

  Tony Hillerman

  This manuscript appears to be the earliest complete typed draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft contains no proper chapter titles, instead Hillerman has created a naming convention. The chapters are designated by Clown and then a corresponding letter, for instance, Clown A. The manuscript is very lightly edited probably by Hillerman himself.

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  3. Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- E,F,G,H,I.

  Tony Hillerman

  This appears to be the first five chapters and a portion of the sixth chapter of the second draft of Sacred Clowns. It appears to only be lightly edited by the author and typed on a word processor.

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  4. Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- J,K,L,M,N,O.

  Tony Hillerman

  This appears to be the last six chapters (J,K,L,M,N,O) of the second draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft appears to only be lightly edited by Hillerman and was typed on a word processor. Included in the draft are three separate versions of the first page of Chapter J, each is marginally different.

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  5. Sacred Clowns: Manuscript Revisions- J,K.

  Tony Hillerman

  This manuscript appears to be the revised versions of chapters J and K from the second draft of Sacred Clowns. This draft appears to be very lightly eddied and this editing could have been by Hillerman.

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  6. Sacred Clowns: Manuscript- Chapter 27, Early Version.

  Tony Hillerman

  This is an early typed draft of only Chapter 27 of Sacred Clowns. This chapter was lightly edited by Hillerman on a word processor.

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  7. Sacred Clowns: First Complete, Edited Draft (Titled: "The Death of Valuable Men).

  Tony Hillerman

  This is the first complete and edited draft of Sacred Clowns. At the time of this draft the title for this novel was "The Death of Valuable Men", which foreshadows the plot of the novel. This edition is lightly edited by Hillerman and, in some cases, he includes notes to remind himself of information he wishes to add for plot for consistency. Additionally, the names of secondary characters appear to not have not been finalized in this draft.

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  8. Sacred Clowns: Original of 1st Manuscript with Revisions.

  Tony Hillerman

  This is the first manuscript of Sacred Clowns with revisions. The revisions are by either Hillerman or a third party. This draft has been lightly edited for plot consistency and contains front matter.

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  9. Sacred Clowns: Photocopy of 1st Edited Manuscript with Additional Revisions.

  Tony Hillerman

  This is a photocopy of the first edited manuscript of Sacred Clowns with additional revisions by the book's editor. This manuscript was moderately edited and additional comments have been added for plot consistency.