A princess of Mars
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs ; introduction by John Seelye.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780143104889
Subjects: Carter, John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Princesses -- Fiction; Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The first published book by the creator of Tarzan of the Apes Two years before Edgar Rice Burroughs became a worldwide celebrity with the publication of Tarzan of the Apes and its twenty-two sequels, which together have sold more than 30 million copies, he published A Princess of Mars . A futuristic sci-fi fantasy romance, A Princess of Mars tells the story of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who inexplicably finds himself held prisoner on the planet Mars by the Green Men of Thark. Together with Dejah Thoris, the princess of another clan on Mars, the unlikely pair must fight for their freedom and save the entire planet from destruction as the life-sustaining Atmosphere Factory slowly grinds to a halt.
Notes: Originally published: U.S.A. : A.C. McClurg, 1917.

Includes bibliographical references.