Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After
serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a
shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a
full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was
published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30
million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and
science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That
Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost
30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being
published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the
California town named for his legendary hero.
John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain at the Movies, Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Literature, Beautiful Machine: Rivers and the Early Republic, Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock, and War Games: Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism. He is also the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature.
Might it really be possiblein fact and not fancyto venture with John Carter to the Kingdom of Helium on the planet Mars? (Carl Sagan)
Might it really be possible in fact and not fancy to venture with John Carter to the Kingdom of Helium on the planet Mars? (Carl Sagan)
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