Description: The First Book of the Tarzan Series.Deep in the savage African jungle, a stranded European couple built a homestead for thenselves and their baby Tarzan. But after the parents died, Tarzan was raised by a fierce she-ape of the tribe of Kerchak. There he had to learn the secrets of the willto survive--how to talk with animals, swing through the trees, and fight against the great predators. He grew to the strength and courage to command the respect of not only his fellow apes, but of the other animals of the jungle as well. And in time, hishuman 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 also bringing the first white woman Tarzan had ever seen. Nowsuddenly, Tarzan had to choose between two worlds and two kindsof life.The entire "Tarzan of the Apes" was first published in a single issue of The All-Story (October 1912). The first hardcover edition,which was the first hardcover Burroughs' book, was printed by A.C. McClurg & Co., in 1914. The original edition was bound in dark red cloth withgold lettering on the spine and cover. The dust jacket and frontispiece were done by Fred J. Arting.

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