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Catalogue facts
Published dateDecember 1936
WrittenMarch 1936
Characters in this exact text
AbrahamAbraham — biblical/historical figure invoked as a chronological comparisonMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionAhmed ibn ShalaanAhmed ibn Shalaan — Gloria/Olga’s Arab guideOn Page8 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionDjemal PashaDjemal Pasha — historical Ottoman leader invoked by the mutineersMentionedfirst: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionFeisalEmir Feisal — historical Arab leader invoked in the storyMentioned8 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionGordonFrancis Xavier Gordon — American adventurer known as El Borak (“the Swift”), active throughout Afghanistan and Central Asia.On Page97 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionOlga von BruckmannGloria Willoughby — British secret agent operating as Olga von BruckmannOn Page28 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionHassanHassan (Son of the White Wolf) — Mitkhal’s black slave and intended assassinOn Page9 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionKing HusseinKing Hussein — historical ruler invoked in Gordon’s wartime backgroundMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionMitkhal ibn AliMitkhal ibn Ali — shaykh of the RuallaOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionMusaMusa (Son of the White Wolf) — young Arab who warns GordonOn Page6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionOsman PashaOsman Pasha (Son of the White Wolf) — renegade Ottoman officerOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionLawrenceT. E. Lawrence — historical British officer invoked in the Arab RevoltMentioned11 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionYusefYusef (Son of the White Wolf) — dying Arab of El AwadOn Page7 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source sectionZangi KhanZangi Khan — Kurdish agent/adviser among the RuallaOn Page12 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — son-white-wolf, supplied source section
Textual witnesses & editorial mediation
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El Borak and Other Desert AdventuresRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording
El Borak and Other Desert Adventures; source basis noted by the edition as Thrilling Adventures, December 1936.