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Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs CCProse Audiobooks 28 videos 15,245 views Last updated on Jun 18, 2014 Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Edgar Rice Burroughs - Wikipedia. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Born(1. 87. 5- 0. September 1, 1. 87. Chicago, Illinois, U. S. Died. March 1. Encino, California, U. S. Resting place. Tarzana, California, U. S. Occupation. Novelist. Nationality. American. Period. 19. 11. His middle name is from his paternal grandmother, Mary Rice Burroughs (1. Through his grandmother Mary Rice, he was descended from Edmund Rice, one of the English Puritans who moved to Massachusetts in the early colonial period. Many of his ancestors fought in the American Revolution. He had other ancestors who settled in Virginia during the colonial period, and he often emphasized his connection with that side of the family, seeing it as more romantic and warlike. He then attended Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts, and then the Michigan Military Academy. Graduating in 1. 89. United States Military Academy at West Point, he became an enlisted soldier with the 7th U. S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. After being diagnosed with a heart problem and thus ineligible to serve, he was discharged in 1. He drifted and worked on a ranch in Idaho. He found work at his father's firm in 1. He married his childhood sweetheart, Emma Hulbert (1. In 1. 90. 4, he left his job and worked less regularly, first in Idaho, then in Chicago. By this time, he and Emma had two children, Joan (1. During this period, he had copious spare time and began reading pulp fiction magazines. In 1. 92. 9 he recalled thinking that.. I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten. As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines. Burroughs adopted the Dearholts' two children. He and Florence divorced in 1. Burroughs was in his late 6. Honolulu at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This period of his life is mentioned in William Brinkley's bestselling novel Don't Go Near the Water. After the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California, where after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 1. He is buried at Tarzana, California, US. American actor Reid Markel is Burroughs' great- great- grandson. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Burroughs in 2. It was first published as a book by A. Mc. Clurg of Chicago in 1. A Princess of Mars, after three Barsoom sequels had appeared as serials and Mc. Clurg had published the first four serial Tarzan novels as books. He also wrote westerns and historical romances. Besides those published in All- Story, many of his stories were published in The Argosy magazine. Tarzan was a cultural sensation when introduced. Burroughs was determined to capitalize on Tarzan's popularity in every way possible. He planned to exploit Tarzan through several different media including a syndicated Tarzan comic strip, movies and merchandise. Experts in the field advised against this course of action, stating that the different media would just end up competing against each other. Burroughs went ahead, however, and proved the experts wrong . Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon. In either 1. 91. 5 or 1. Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named . But the genius of all the genii was one who wrote a series called Tarzan of the Apes. I read it, but regret I never saw it on the films, where it rages most successfully. He was reported to have said that he wanted to find out how bad a book he could write and . From an academic standpoint, the most helpful are Erling Holtsmark's two books: Tarzan and Tradition. Lansdale)Pellucidar series. Adding to the confusion, some editions have the original (significantly longer) introduction to Part I from the first publication as a magazine serial, and others have the shorter version from the first book publication, which included all three parts under the title The Moon Maid. Edmund Rice (1. 63. Association. Retrieved January 2. Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan. Slotkin, Richard (1. University of Oklahoma Press. Washington Post, New York World (Sunday supplement). Retrieved 1. 4 February 2. The Rising Sun (2. Modern Library Paperback ed.). The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees. Retrieved April 8, 2. Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (official website of the hall of fame to 2. Mid American Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions, retrieved 2. Edgar Rice Burroughs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved April 8, 2. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.^. Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1. Holtsmark, Erling B. Twayne's United States Author Series. Boston: Twayne, 1. Galloway, Stan. The Teenage Tarzan: A Literary Analysis of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Tales of Tarzan. Jefferson, NC: Mc. Farland, 2. 01. 0.^Lupoff, Richard. Master of Adventure: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2. Lupoff, Richard. Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision. Baltimore: Mirage Press, 1. Gunn, James. The Teenage Tarzan by Stan Galloway. Jefferson, NC: Mc. Farland, 2. 01. 0. ERBzine . Bibliography.
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