Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan by Robert W. Fenton (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-10078644908X

ISBN-139780786449088

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038726156

Product Key Features

Number of Pages254 Pages

Publication NameEdgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Literary, American / General

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorRobert W. Fenton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight15.7 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"a veritable treasure trove of information"- Midwest Book Review ; "an item which all ERB fans will want"- Interzone ; "fascinating"- Critical Mass ., "a veritable treasure trove of information"-- Midwest Book Review ; "an item which all ERB fans will want"-- Interzone ; "fascinating"-- Critical Mass ., "a veritable treasure trove of information"-- Midwest Book Review "an item which all ERB fans will want"-- Interzone "fascinating"-- Critical Mass .

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.52

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Prologue 1 Formative Years (1875-1897) 2 Search for Adventure (1898-1904) 3 A Lord's Trial (1905-1911) 4 Like Ulysses... 5 The Ape-man Cometh (1912) 6 Breakthrough (1913) 7 Tarzan and Friend 8 Those Crazy Moving Pictures (1913-1918) 9 On to the City of Gold (1918) 10 Tarzan bei den Affen (1919-1932) 11 King of the Serials (1919-19250 12 The Girl from Hollywood and Other Romances (1916-1922) 13 Tarzan Swings (1920-1929) 14 Tarzan of the World (1920-1929) 15 The Mid-Rancho Period (1922-1929) 16 The Comic Strip (1928-) 17 Two Women (1931-1933) 18 The One and Only (1932-1943) 19 On Location in Africa (1933-1934) 20 New Adventures (1934-1938) 21 Monkey Business (1935-1950) 22 Search for the Fountain of Youth (1935-1937) 23 Pre-Pearl Harbor (1938-1941) 24 The Great Adventure (1941-1945) 25 Last Years (1946-1950) Epilogue APPENDICES A: Chapter Notes B: 99 Days C: War Correspondent D: Proposal for a National Reserve Army E: Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs F: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Ape-English Dictionary Index

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SynopsisRobert W. Fenton's 1967 biography of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs is now back in print. This book includes letters, documents, synopses, lists of characters, and plots and themes Burroughs used in his work, and also reveals his observations on women's suffrage, prohibition, morality in Hollywood, and the Scopes trial in Tennessee., 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 biography of Burroughs. Originally titled The Big Swingers, it was the first full-scale, commercially published account of ERB's life and work. Here is Fenton's 1967 biography, back in print, as a wonderful source for a new generation of readers. Burroughs' early years were far from promising--he was dropped from school, was undistinguished as a cavalryman at Fort Grant, lost out in gold mining, and had little success as a salesman. He knew nothing about writing, but decided to try it anyway--and created Tarzan, one of the most famous characters of all time. A new foreword by George T. McWhorter and new photographs--there are 66 in all--are included.