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Book The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs slight bump to the bottom corners.

Book The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs slight bump to the bottom corners.

Nice book With protective plastic attached.

Nice book With protective plastic attached.

New York. 1999. April 1999. Scribner. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket.

New York. 1999. April 1999. Scribner. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 068483359x. 400 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Smith. keywords: Biography American Literature. DESCRIPTION-In TARZAN FOREVER: THE LIFE OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, CREATOR OF TARZAN, John Taliaferro vividly recounts the remarkable life and career of the originator of Tarzan. Drawn extensively from Burroughs's own correspondence, memos, and manuscripts, Taliaferro's richly detailed narrative reveals how Burroughs, a down-on-his-luck Chicago pencil-sharpener salesman, first wrote about his most famous character, how he grasped the appeal of this ‘feral god, ' and how he spent the rest of his life nurturing and protecting it. Important as Tarzan was to Burroughs, Taliaferro makes clear that Burroughs's life was at least as colorful as the life of his jungle creation. Burroughs was a cavalryman in the Arizona Territory, a cowboy in Idaho, a speculator in Southern California real estate, a Hollywood producer, a witness to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and even a war correspondent in the South Pacific. Unlike Tarzan, though, Burroughs was far from the ideal balance of nature and nurture. He failed at two marriages, and despite the enormous popularity of his books and MGM's Tarzan movies of the thirties and forties, his lavish appetites forever pushed him to the brink of bankruptcy. Shaky finances ultimately drove him to develop his beloved California ranch, Tarzana, into the town of Tarzana, a Los Angeles suburb that today stands as the antithesis of Tarzan's African paradise. Quick to speak out on the controversial issues of his day, Burroughs wrote essays and stories advocating eugenics, the extermination of ‘moral imbeciles, ' and the deportation of Japanese-Americans during World War II. inventory #26436.

8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. First printing. As new in as new dust

8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. First printing. As new in as new dust jacket. No remainder marks. No jacket chips or tears. No prior owner markings or bookplate. Unread appearance suitable for gift-giving.