Tarzan of the Apes (Fall River Press Edition) The Adventures of Lord Greystoke, Book One

by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

• ISBN13: 9781435134478
• ISBN10: 1435134478
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-07
• Publisher: Fall River

Summary

The story that launched a thousand movies, TV shows, and plays! A mutiny on board their ship leaves Lord and Lady Greystoke stranded on a desolate African beach with their newborn son. Soon after, the aristocratic couple perishes, leaving the boy an orphan--until the she-ape Kala rescues the infant, names him "Tarzan" ("white skin"), and raises him as one of her own. As he grows, Tarzan schools himself in the ways of both man and beast and rises to become king of the jungle. But when he falls in love with Jane Porter, a beautiful American explorer, he is forced to choose between the two very different worlds.

Author Biography

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was one of the 20th century's most popular and prolific writers of science fiction and fantasy adventure tales, publishing nearly 70 novels and numerous short stories during his career. Well-known for his eleven-book John Carter of Mars series, Burroughs wrote 23 novels in the internationally successful Tarzan series.