The stuff of cartoons, hurtful cartoons.ĮRB with Maureen O’Sullivan and Johnny Weismuller - from Black Africans were regarded by the ignorant as barely human, cannibalistic, and of inferior moral substance (unlike King Leopold). Burroughs was a product of and reflects his time. Not nearly far enough, but some distance nonetheless. It was published in 1912, not all that long after the Bronx Zoo displayed a pygmy in the monkey house. At first blush it appears incredibly dated, awash in the racism of its era. In looking at it anew with a bit more lifetime and some extra inches under my belt, a few things stand out. Tarzan is introduced to the world in October 1912 - from Maybe it was not sci-fi enough for my pre-adolescent self. While I am a fan of ERB's Barsoom series, I was never all that taken with jungle boy. I had first read this, of course, back in my wastrel youth, in the early 60s most likely. Tarzan of the Apes was a free download from somewhere I cannot recall. iTouch reading is of a different sort, at least it has been to date. I save my hardcore reading for when I am sitting and can take notes. As it is not comfortable wrangling the actual book I am reading at a given time while standing, I lift my trusty iTouch and am able to read a bit until the crowd thins. Coming home, though, I often have to stand for a good while before I can get a seat. One of the advantages of riding the subway to work is getting extra reading time. This volume is the perfect read for fans of fantasy novels who want to revisit a childhood classic. When a group of humans are marooned in his jungle, will Tarzan finally reach a place he can call home?įirst published in October 1912 in the pulp magazine The All-Story, Tarzan of the Apes was released as a novel in 1914 and has had many successful screen adaptations. Discovering his parents' old hut, he arms himself with his father's knife and suddenly the animals of the jungle are no match for him.īut as the powerful ape man conquers his wild home, he longs to connect with someone who truly understands him. As he ages and begins to realise the differences between himself and his family, Tarzan grows distant from the apes and begins to explore the jungle by himself.
Join Tarzan as he grows from a young, lost little boy into the powerful king of the jungle.
Tarzan of the Apes is the first book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic pulp fiction series.
Destined to be the king of the apes, Tarzan thrives among his adoptive family, but will he ever be able to feel at home in the wild? Orphaned and abandoned in the depths of the African jungle, a young boy is found and raised by a loving female ape.
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