With the Del Rey release of El Borak and Other Desert Adventures looming in the not too distant future, we thought everyone would like to see the Keegans’ other El Borak cover, this one done for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press. We will begin taking pre-orders soon, but it’s not too late to email us at info@rehfoundation.org to help us determine how large the First Printing will be. Ordering information will be posted when available; until then, the contents for The Early Adventures of El Borak are listed below.
The Early Adventures of El Borak
Introduction: The Making of El Borak
by David Hardy
The Coming of El Borak
The Iron Terror
Untitled, “Gordon, the American”
The Coming of El Borak
Khoda Khan’s Tale
El Borak
Untitled, “I emptied my revolver”
The Land of Mystery
The Shunned Castle
The White Jade Ring
A Power Among the Islands
North of Khyber
Intrigue in Kurdistan
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman
The Sword of Lal Singh (poem)
The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring
The Further Adventures of Lal Singh
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman
The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan
The Song of Yar Ali Khan (poem)
The Lion Gate
Untitled, “When Yar Ali Khan crept”
Untitled, “Two men were standing”
Untitled Poem, “Now bright, now red”
Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid
The Sonora Kid—Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
Untitled, “Madge Meraldson”
Untitled, “The Hades Saloon”
Untitled, “A blazing sun”
Untitled, “The way it came about”
Untitled, “The hot Arizona sun”
Untitled, “Steve Allison”
Brotherly Advice
Desert Rendezvous
The West Tower
Miscellanea
Under the Great Tiger
by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith
Untitled, “A Cossack and a Turk”
Spears of the East
Untitled, “. . . that is, the artistry”
Untitled, “Thure Khan gazed out”
Synopsis: “Blood of the Gods”
Map for “Blood of the Gods”
Map of unidentified El Borak Story
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid” – drawing
“Where East and West shall meet” – drawing
Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages
List of Middle Eastern Rulers – typescript
List of names found in El Borak stories – manuscript
