num_pages: 400
description: In Tarzan 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.
language: English
title: Tarzan Forever : The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan
titlecomplete: Tarzan Forever : The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan
genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir, Biography
ratings_count: 77
publisher: Scribner