Reviews"[Burroughs has] a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly." -Gore Vidal, "YBurroughs has? a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly." --Gore Vidal "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "[Burroughs has] a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly." -Gore Vidal From the Trade Paperback edition.
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813/.52
SynopsisDeep in the savage African jungle, the baby Tarzan was raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchack. There he had to learn the secrets of the wild to survive--how to talk with animals, swing through the trees, and fight against the great predators. He grew to the strength and courage of his fellow apes. And in time, his human intelligence promised him the kingship of the tribe. He became truly Lord of the Jungle. Then men entered his jungle, bringing with them the wanton savagery of civilized greed and lust--and bringing also the first white woman Tarzan has ever seen. Now suddenly, Tarzan had to choose between two worlds. . . ., When Tarzan is orphaned as a baby deep in the African jungle, the apes adopt him and raise him as their own. By the time he's ten, he can swing through the trees and talk to the animals. By the time Tarzan is 18, he has the strength of a lion and rules the apes as their king. But Tarzan knows he's different and yearns to discover his true identity.