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Sons of Hate

Part of Sons of Hate

StateDraft 3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units40
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

AbdullahAbdullah — Kerim Ali's knife-fighting henchman in the later Sons of Hate draftsOn PageAchmetAchmet — Soudanese henchman in the later Sons of Hate draftsOn PageAchmet KerimAchmet Kerim — Kerim Ali's father and former emir of the MahdiMentionedBrent 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 PageJames StalbridgeJames Stalbridge — Joseph Stalbridge's brother and Richard Stalbridge's fatherMentionedJoseph StalbridgeJoseph Stalbridge — explorer whose African treasure was stolen by Pembroke/RavenbyMentionedJuanJuan Perez — Pembroke's Cuban servant who betrays him to the attackersOn PageKerim AliKerim Ali — Soudanese leader pursuing Pembroke/RavenbyOn PageOsman PashaOsman Pasha — Egyptian member of Kerim Ali's party in Draft 3On PageRichard StalbridgeRichard Stalbridge — English claimant pursuing Pembroke over the stolen African treasureOn PageSuleymanSuleyman — named member of Kerim Ali's party in Draft 3On PageWilliamWilliam — Pembroke's English servant in Sons of HateOn 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 3 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent40 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: Complete 40-page untitled draft reconstructed in the source-supported physical/textual order.

TSS: 65090, 70266, 65092–65094, 70290–70291, 65097, 92525–92526, 92528–92529, 92527, 92530–92536, 92576, 92538–92556

Complete 40-page untitled draft reconstructed in the source-supported physical/textual order.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: Draft 3 is untitled. (witness level)
  • Reconstructed Sequence: Earlier documentation treated this state as incomplete because its catalogue/page order was confused; First Cuts establishes that the surviving text is complete when arranged by pagination and continuity. (witness level)

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

Published in

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