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Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan: A Biography of the Author and His Creation  
Author: Robert W. Fenton
ISBN: 078641393X
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan: A Biography of the Author and His Creation

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Like millions of other readers and moviegoers, as a youngster the late Robert W. Fenton loved swinging through the jungle with Tarzan. As an adult his interest was revived when he bought Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs' original office-estate in Tarzana, California, and began writing a book about Burroughs. That 1967 work, originally titled The Big Swingers, in effect a biography both of ERB and of Tarzan, was the first full-scale, commercially published account of Burroughs' life and work." "Fenton's biography is now back in print as a wonderful source for a new generation of readers: letters, documents, synopses, lists of characters, and plots and themes that Burroughs used. The book also reveals ERB's ready observations on such issues as women's suffrage, prohibition, morality in Hollywood, and the Scopes trial in Tennessee." A new foreword by George T. McWhorter and new photographs - there are 66 in all - are included.

SYNOPSIS

Journalist Fenton presents a biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. The volume contains plot synopses, letters, documents, and lists of characters and reveals Burroughs' thoughts on such topics as women's suffrage and the Scopes "Monkey Trial." A complete listing of Burroughs' many novels and his Ape-English Dictionary are among the resources found in the appendix. Featuring new photographs and a new foreword, the volume is a republication of The Big Swingers (Prentice-Hall, 1967). Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

     



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