| Tarzan Of The Apes Contributor(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Author) |
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ISBN: 150021616X ISBN-13: 9781500216160 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1914 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The novel begins with a storyteller's disclaimer about having gotten the story from an unspecified man who had Colonial Office records to verify the tale. Burroughs then turns to third-person narration, first through the point of view of Tarzan's father, then largely through that of Tarzan himself. John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, boards a ship for British West Africa with Alice, his bride. He saves a burly sailor from the brutal captain. When the crew mutinies, the grateful sailor makes sure that the Englishman and his wife are not killed, but he abandons them in a wilderness harbor with all of their luggage and a few supplies. The site has a river mouth for water, and John and Alice gather and hunt to live well after their supplies run out. Although not a tradesman, John builds and furnishes a log cabin with a clever door latch for protection against wild beasts. Their son is born there. A year later, Alice dies, and Clayton is killed by an ape, Kerchak. |