| A Princess of Mars: A Library of America Special Publication Contributor(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Author), Díaz, Junot (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598531654 ISBN-13: 9781598531657 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact - Fiction | Fantasy - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011937129 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 7.3" (0.97 lbs) 384 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76087 Reading Level: 9.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rediscover the adventure-pulp classic that gave the world its first great interplanetary romance--now featuring an introduction by Junot D az In the spring of 1866, John Carter, a former Confederate captain prospecting for gold in the Arizona hills, slips into a cave and is overcome by mysterious vapors. He awakes to find himself naked, alone, and forty-eight million miles from Earth--a castaway on the dying planet Mars. Taken prisoner by the Tharks, a fierce nomadic tribe of six-limbed, olive-green giants, he wins respect as a cunning and able warrior, who by grace of Mars's weak gravity possesses the agility of a superman. He also wins the heart of fellow-prisoner Dejah Thoris, the alluring, red-skinned Princess of Helium, whose people he swears to defend against their grasping and ancient enemy, the city-state of Zodanga. John Carter first appeared in 1912 in the pages of The All-Story magazine and immediately entered the dream-life of American readers young and old. He was Edgar Rice Burroughs's favorite among his many creations and remains a favorite of lovers of science fiction and fantasy everywhere. |