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Tarzan of the Apes is the first story and origin of one of modern fiction¿s most enduring and mythic heroes. Raised in the savage jungle, young Lord Greystoke must reckon with brutal beasts and still crueler civilized enemies to understand and claim his human heritage.Viscount and Lady Greystoke survive a shipwreck on the jungle coast of Africa where their son is born. The couple perishes but the boy is taken in by a mother ape who recently lost her own child. Raised among apes and utterly unfamiliar with his humanity, young Tarzan discovers the cabin his father built and learns something of who he is and why he is so different from his ape companions. Pitted against a steady stream of daunting challenges, Tarzan will rise to rule his tribe of apes and encounter fellow humans at last, when another shipwreck maroons lovely Jane Porter and her comrades on his shore. By couching his extravagant imagination in clear, direct prose the author balances his novel on a razor edge between realistic drama and pure fairy tale. Tarzan remains a unique and indelible character, capable of terrifying acts of bestial violence or noble acts of loyalty and self-sacrifice. Originally serialized in a magazine in 1912, Tarzan of the Apes was issued in book form in 1914, the first volume in what would become a series of 24 books and a pop culture legacy that would encompass film, radio, television, comics and more.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Tarzan of the Apes is both modern and readable.

The Efficiency Expert , has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

This edition features new cover art and a frontispiece by Joe Jusko, a foreword and afterword by today's luminaries, and a rare and never-before-published bonus materials from the archives of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in Tarzana, California.

A normal man on Earth, but a warrior and prince on Mars

This installment of the hit Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs follows a princess held as a political prisoner by bizarre Martians from whose clutches she may never escape.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a popular novel by the American science fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs where John Carter's son now becomes involved with Martian drama in grand style.

This Edgar Rice Burroughs novel is the third in his wildly popular Martian drama series. John Carter is back to save his wife and has to venture to the Martian North Pole to have a chance at success.

This adventure of a civil war veteran who finds himself unexpectedly on Mars is one of the most influential pulp science fiction books in modern history.

This sequel to A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs that returns John Carter to Mars to face an opponent he may not be able to overcome.

This adventure of a civil war veteran who finds himself unexpectedly on Mars is one of the most influential pulp science fiction books in modern history.

"Tarzan bei den Affen" ist das erste von 24 Büchern von Edgar Rice Burroughs über die Figur Tarzan. Tarzan trat erstmals in der Geschichte "Tarzan bei den Affen" (engl. "Tarzan of the Apes") auftrat, die in der Oktoberausgabe des Pulp-Magazins "All-Story Magazine" am 27. August 1912 erschien. Die erste Buchausgabe erschien 1914.Tarzan ist der Sohn eines britischen Lords und dessen Frau, die zu Beginn noch schwanger ist. Die beiden werden Opfer einer Meuterei, werden an der afrikanischen Küste ausgesetzt und richten sich dort ein. Sie bauen eine kleine Hütte, in der sie sich sicherer fühlen als im wilden Dschungel. Ihr Sohn erhält den Namen John Clayton III., Lord Greystoke. Die Mutter stirbt, als er ein Jahr alt ist; sein Vater lässt sein Leben im Kampf gegen eine Affenbande. Von da an heißt die Waise "Tarzan" und wird von dieser Gruppe Affen aufgezogen, unter denen sich die Affenfrau Kala besonders um ihn kümmert. Ihren eigenen, zuvor vom Affenhäuptling getöteten Säugling legt sie stattdessen in die Wiege der kleinen Hütte. "Tarzan" bedeutet "Weiße Haut" in der Mangani-Sprache, der von Burroughs erschaffenen Affensprache. Die Affenart wird in den Romanen nicht genannt; es sind weder Gorillas noch Schimpansen, sondern sogenannte "große Anthropoiden". In den nächsten Jahren wächst Tarzan im Vergleich zu den Affenkindern langsam heran, erlangt aber als Kind bereits die Körperkraft eines Leistungssportlers von etwa 30 Jahren.

This installment of the hit Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs follows a princess held as a political prisoner by bizarre Martians from whose clutches she may never escape.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a popular novel by the American science fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs where John Carter's son now becomes involved with Martian drama in grand style.

This Edgar Rice Burroughs novel is the third in his wildly popular Martian drama series. John Carter is back to save his wife and has to venture to the Martian North Pole to have a chance at success.