Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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From the Publisher: Without his animal strength and human intelligence, Tarzan of the Apes would many times have been a dead man. Orphaned in infancy, Tarzan is adopted by a female ape who has just lost her own baby. Against all odds, he survives and learns the ways of the great apes. But Tarzan is different from the apes, and he knows this more with each passing day. Then he comes face-to-face with a beautiful woman named Jane, and, more than ever, he wonders just who the real Tarzan is.
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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan)
March 6, 1990, Signet Classics
Paperback
in English
0451524233 9780451524232
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First Sentence
"When the giant ape pushed Jane roughly aside to meet Tarzan's charge, and she saw their relative sizes, her heart quailed."
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"Edited to make [it] more accessible to today's readers"--Publisher's Web site.
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"I HAD THIS STORY FROM ONE WHO HAD NO BUSINESS TO tell it to me, or to any other."
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Set amidst the vibrant colors and sounds of the savage African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the secrets of the jungle to survive -- how to talk with the animals, swing through the trees, and fight the great predators. As Tarzan grows up he makes many friends: Tantor the elephant, Ska the vulture, and Numa the lion. When this paradise is invaded by white men, Tarzan's life changes, for in this group is Jane, the first white woman he has ever seen. Speaking directly to our childhood fantasies, this exhilarating work takes us to that faraway place in our minds where dreams prevail, and where we, too, can be masters of our environment. - Back cover.
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