A central figure in American popular culture, Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine in 1912, and subsequently appeared in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film, full-length cartoon, and theatrical adaptations. The infant Tarzan, lost on the coast of West Africa, is adopted by an ape-mother and grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess, and eventually leader of his tribe. When he encounters a group of white Europeans, and rescues Jane Porter from a marauding ape, he finds love, and must choose between the values of civilization and the jungle. Jason Haslam's engaging introduction situates the novel not only in the pulp fiction industry, but also against the backdrop of adventure stories, European exploration in Africa, and the debates over nature versus civilization. This edition also features an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and helpful notes as well as appendices that include selections of letters from readers to the editor of The All-Story magazine where the novel first appeared, histories of feral children, African explorers, and American advocates of self-reliance. - Publisher.
year: 1990, 1997, 2008, 1999, 1976, 1984, 2006, 2003, 2010, 1974
call number/section: 1000
subjects: tarzan (fictitious character), fiction, tarzan (fictional character), adventure fiction, fantasy fiction, adventure stories, africa, fiction, african fiction, british, africa, wild men, travel, foreign countries, impostors and imposture, tourism
Editions
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Signet Classic (1990)
Tarzan, abandoned as a baby in the jungle of Africa, is adopted into a tribe of great apes and grows to become Lord of the Jungle until his domain is disturbed by civilized men who cause Tarzan to question his true identity.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Dover Publications (1997)
Raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchak, Tarzan learns the secrets of the wild and becomes lord of the jungle. But when an expedition of white men and beautiful Jane Porter enter the jungle, Tarzan must choose between two worlds.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Signet Classic (2008)
Tarzan, abandoned as a baby in the jungle of Africa, is adopted into a tribe of great apes and grows to become Lord of the Jungle until his domain is disturbed by civilized men who cause Tarzan to question his true identity.
Schools: 2
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Tor (1999)
Tarzan, abandoned as a baby in the jungle of Africa, is adopted into a tribe of great apes and grows to become Lord of the Jungle until his domain is disturbed by civilized men who cause Tarzan to question his true identity.
Schools: 4
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Ballantine Books (1976)
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Ballantine Books (1984)
An English boy raised by a community of apes in the jungles of Africa encounters other human beings for the first time.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Barnes & Noble Classics (2006)
The story of Tarzan's origin and first contact with the civilization that could not contain him.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Townsend Press (2003)
Schools: 1
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Oxford University Press (2010)
A central figure in American popular culture, Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine in 1912, and subsequently appeared in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film, full-length cartoon, and theatrical adaptations. The infant Tarzan, lost on the coast of West Africa, is adopted by an ape-mother and grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess, and eventually leader of his tribe. When he encounters a group of white Europeans, and rescues Jane Porter from a marauding ape, he finds love, and must choose between the values of civilization and the jungle. Jason Haslam's engaging introduction situates the novel not only in the pulp fiction industry, but also against the backdrop of adventure stories, European exploration in Africa, and the debates over nature versus civilization. This edition also features an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and helpful notes as well as appendices that include selections of letters from readers to the editor of The All-Story magazine where the novel first appeared, histories of feral children, African explorers, and American advocates of self-reliance. - Publisher.
Schools: 1
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Ballantine (1974)
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Ballantine (1974)
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.
Schools: 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Collects "Tarzan of the Apes, " in which Tarzan, who was raised by apes, struggles between two worlds, and "The Prisoner of Zenda, " in which Rudolf Rassendyll suddenly finds himself heir to a throne and engaged in battles, romance, and intrigue.
Schools: 0