Edgar Burroughs

Maura Spiegel

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

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Tarzan of the Apes

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Edgar Rice Burroughs; Gore Vidal (Introduction by); Michael Meyer (Afterword by)

Florida

Unabridged classic adventure novel from 1914 tells of an aristocratic English infant, abandoned on the death of his parents in the African jungle, who is reared by apes. Story includes riveting encounters with man-eating beasts, Tarzan's love affair with the beautiful Jane Porter, buried treasure, much more. Original, exotic, highly readable.

Recounts how Tarzan came to live in the jungle, was raised by a tribe of apes, and met and married American Jane Porter.

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