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The Fighting Fury

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Genre
Boxing

Introduction

The Fighting Fury was sent to Street & Smith on June 6, 1931, and later rejected. Howard also sent it to McFadden on June 20, 1931.

In a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith during the week of May 18, 1931 (letter #165), Howard wrote:

And I’ve got plenty to do yet; the Texaco Star appears to want more articles, Farsnworth wants the Baibars story, and I’ve got some stuff I wrote at Marlin — a ring story I want to rewrite for Street & Smith, and a pseudo-scientific junk I want to finish and get off to the Claytons. And with all that work, very likely I won’t sell any of it.

The ring story mentioned here is most likely The Fighting Fury.

Textual states

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Draft 1The Fighting Fury — Draft 1
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Characters in this Work

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Badger Kowskyboxing manager1 textual stateBig Bill BucknerCentral Texas heavyweight protagonist1 textual stateBully Ladeaufighter1 textual stateFlash Brandnamed boxing figure1 textual stateFoxy Allisonboxing manager; not Kid Allison1 textual stateJack Dempseyhistorical heavyweight champion; the modern Dempsey distinguished from the Nonpareil1 textual stateJack Rourkefighter/champion1 textual stateJames J. Jeffrieshistorical heavyweight champion; source also uses Jim Jeffries/Big Jeff/The Big Fellow1 textual stateJazzboBig Bill Buckner’s small dog in The Fighting Fury1 textual stateKid Goldfighter1 textual stateMike Kernangunman1 textual stateSadie Goldsteinwoman associated with Rourke plot1 textual stateSlick Vedellonamed boxing figure1 textual stateWild Bill Ebbetsfighter1 textual state

Publication appearances

The Last of the Trunk Och Brev i UrvalParadox Entertainment Inc.September 2007↗The Last of the TrunkREH Foundation PressNovember 2007↗Fists of Iron Round 4REH Foundation PressApril 2015↗Малое собрание сочинений. Книга пятая (Maloe sobranie sochinenii. Kniga piataia) (Small Collected Works. Book Five) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedDecember 2018↗