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Sons of Hate

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StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units15
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Brent KirbyBrent Kirby — private detective and partner of Butch GormanOn PageButch GormanButch Gorman — Kirby's large Texan detective partnerOn PageColonel John A. PembrokeColonel John A. Pembroke — wealthy former African adventurer living under the Pembroke identityOn PageConstanceConstance Pembroke — Colonel Pembroke's nieceOn PageGobirGobir — giant Soudanese henchman of Kerim AliOn PageJoseph BrandonJoseph Stalbridge — explorer whose African treasure was stolen by Pembroke/RavenbyMentionedFrancoisJuan Perez — Pembroke's Cuban servant who betrays him to the attackersOn PageKerim AliKerim Ali — Soudanese leader pursuing Pembroke/RavenbyOn PageRichard BrandonRichard Stalbridge — English claimant pursuing Pembroke over the stolen African treasureOn Page

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent15 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: Fifteen surviving pages from an originally 24-page untitled draft; pages 1–3 and 9–13 are missing.

TSS: 92520–92524, 65098–65107

Fifteen surviving pages from an originally 24-page untitled draft; pages 1–3 and 9–13 are missing.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: Draft 2 is untitled. (witness level)
  • Missing Pages: These eight manuscript pages are missing. (pages 1–3 and 9–13)
  • Pagination Anomaly: No page is marked 19, but textual continuity from 18 to 20 shows this is a numbering anomaly rather than a missing textual page. (between pages 18 and 20)

Source: The Hardboiled Manuscripts, Volume 2, editorial notes and corresponding text.

Published in

The Hardboiled Manuscripts, Volume 2REH Foundation Press2026 (forthcoming)↗