Series: Tarzan
by Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1979)
This volume in the Tarzan series appealed to me because I've got a soft spot for lost civilization tales.The jungle lord is approached by one of his civilized (European) friends, and asked to search a vast canyon where the guy's son, Erich Von Harben, is believed to have disappeared in search of ...
Tarzan and the Ant Men (1963)
Said to be the last of Tarzan's adventures where the narrative focuses solely on the the welfare of the main character, Tarzan and the Ant Men introduces more secondary characters whose lives are changed and effected due to their interaction with Tarzan. Tarzan experts claim this novel represents...
Tarzan of the Apes (2003)
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)The CCLaP 100: In which I read for the first time a hundred "classic" books, then write essays on ...
Tarzan the Terrible (2003)
Tarzan the terrible...#8?...I've only read Tarzan of the Apes which I assume (recall?) is #1? I don't believe the order is important....and this will be...about the 7-9th? from ERB I've read.This one begins:Silent as the shadows through which he moved, the great beast slunk through the midnight ...
The Return of Tarzan (2007)
In the initial pages of this book, John Clayton (aka Jean C. Tarzan) is a sophisticated westerner who is welcome at any sophisticated Parisian gentleman’s club (meaning something rather different when this was written than what it means in most modern cities). Indeed, there is a portion of the bo...
The Son of Tarzan (2003)
At the conclusion of the third Tarzan novel, 1914's "The Beasts of Tarzan," the Ape Man's archenemy, Nikolas Rokoff, lies dead (and 3/4 eaten!) beneath the fangs of Tarzan's panther ally, Sheeta. But Rokoff's lieutenant, the equally dastardly Alexis Paulvitch, manages to flee into the African wil...
The Beasts of Tarzan (2003)
To celebrate "Tarzan of the Apes"'s centennial this month--Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel was released in the October 1912 issue of "All-Story Magazine"--I have been compulsively reading the first novels in what eventually became a series of some two dozen books. Book #2, "The Return of...