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Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875-1950
Overview
| Works: | 1,706
works in
5,432
publications in
49
languages and
88,358
library holdings
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| Genres: | Adventure fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy fiction
Adventure stories
Science fiction, American
Fantasy fiction, American
Adventure stories, American
Radio and television novels
Love stories
Young adult fiction
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| Roles: | Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Creator, Conceptor, Producer, Author of screenplay, Dubious author |
| Classifications: | ps3503.u687,
813.52 |
Most widely held works about
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Edgar Rice Burroughs : the man who created Tarzan by Irwin Porges(
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The Pearl Harbor murders by Max Allan Collins(
Sound Recording
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Edgar Rice Burroughs by Erling B Holtsmark(
Book
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Tarzan forever : the life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan by John Taliaferro(
Book
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Tarzan alive; a definitive biography of Lord Greystoke by Philip José Farmer(
Book
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Tarzan and tradition : classical myth in popular literature by Erling B Holtsmark(
Book
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Tarzan of the movies ; a pictorial history of more than fifty years of Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary hero by Gabe Essoe(
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The big swingers by Robert W Fenton(
Book
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, master of adventure by Richard A Lupoff(
Book
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On Tarzan by Alex Vernon(
Book
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Brother men : the correspondence of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Herbert T. Weston by Edgar Rice Burroughs(
Book
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Tarzan of the apes by Burne Hogarth(
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The Burroughs cyclopÆdia : characters, places, fauna, flora, technologies, languages, ideas, and terminologies found in the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Clark A Brady(
Book
)
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The Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs : an illustrated reader's guide by David A Ullery(
Book
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Edgar Rice Burroughs : creator of Tarzan by William J Boerst(
Book
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The subject of race in American science fiction by Sharon DeGraw(
Book
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Edgar Rice Burroughs : the exhaustive scholar's and collector's descriptive bibliography of American periodical, hardcover, paperback, and reprint editions by Robert B Zeuschner(
Book
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The Tarzan collection. Vol. 2(
visu
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Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan : a biography of the author and his creation by Robert W Fenton(
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The teenage Tarzan : a literary analysis of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle tales of Tarzan by Stan Galloway(
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Most widely held works by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
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296
editions published
between
1912
and
2011
in
27
languages
and held by
3,546
libraries
worldwide
An English boy raised by a community of apes in the jungles of Africa encounters other human beings for the first time.
A princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
144
editions published
between
1917
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
2,130
libraries
worldwide
John Carter, a Confederate American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants.
The return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
174
editions published
between
1913
and
2011
in
23
languages
and held by
1,922
libraries
worldwide
After a brief and harrowing experience among men, Tarzan returns to the jungle, where he becomes involved in a search for Opar, the city of gold.
The land that time forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
75
editions published
between
1918
and
2011
in
7
languages
and held by
1,786
libraries
worldwide
The lost island of Caspak holds many strange monsters.
At the earth's core by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
80
editions published
between
1914
and
2010
in
5
languages
and held by
1,653
libraries
worldwide
David Innes and Abner Perry break through the earth's crust and discover "a fantastic, timeless world of eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts, and primeval peoples--Pellucidar."--Cover.
The beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
130
editions published
between
1914
and
2011
in
17
languages
and held by
1,577
libraries
worldwide
After Tarzan's son is kidnapped, Tarzan and Jane are lured into a dangerous trap that separates them. In their desperate search for each other and for their son, they are drawn deep into the dangerous African jungle, where the evil schemes of Tarzan's enemies Rokoff and Paulvitch threaten them at every step. The ape-man must draw on all of his animal strength and all of his human intelligence - as well as the help of the beasts of the jungle - to try to reunite his family in safety. - Back cover.
The gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
93
editions published
between
1912
and
2011
in
9
languages
and held by
1,532
libraries
worldwide
Carter returns to Barsoom after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
Thuvia, maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
67
editions published
between
1916
and
2009
in
5
languages
and held by
1,517
libraries
worldwide
Carthoris, son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, is in love with Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth. But Thuvia is promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol. On Barsoom nothing can break an engagement between a man and woman except death.
Tarzan and the jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
103
editions published
between
1916
and
2010
in
14
languages
and held by
1,500
libraries
worldwide
La, the beautiful priestess of Opar, uses her seductive charms to enslave Tarzan while plotting to put the hero to the sword.
The warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
93
editions published
between
1913
and
2011
in
10
languages
and held by
1,469
libraries
worldwide
John Carter discovers that a First Born knows the secret of the Temple of the Sun and he and the Holy Hekkador Matai Shang want to rescue the Holy Thern's daughter, who is imprisoned with Dejah Thoris and another Barsoomian princess, Thuvia of Ptarth. Carter follows them in the hope to liberate his beloved wife.
The son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
133
editions published
between
1915
and
2010
in
21
languages
and held by
1,454
libraries
worldwide
Paulvitch still lived and sought vengeance against, Tarzan. As part of his plot, he lured Tarzan's young son away from London. But the boy escaped, with the aid of the great Ape Akut. They fled....
Tarzan the untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
77
editions published
between
1919
and
2010
in
11
languages
and held by
1,444
libraries
worldwide
With the speed of the great apes, Tarzan rushed through the jungle toward his home and family. But he was already too late. The marauders had been there before him. His farm was in shambles and no.
Jungle tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
87
editions published
between
1916
and
2011
in
13
languages
and held by
1,408
libraries
worldwide
In this collection of 12 short stories, Burroughs returns to Tarzan's early years providing new depth and detail to the Lord of the Jungle, during his time among the great apes. Having learned to read from his father's books, Tarzan seeks to apply his knowledge to the world around him and to learn more about life, death, dreams, God, love, and friendship. Tarzan challenges his best friend Taug, in a fight to the death, but then risks his life to save him; he has nightmares after eating rancid elephant meat only to awake and be faced with a live, man-eating gorilla; twice he sports a lion's skin to play a practical joke, but he doesn't always have the last laugh!
Tarzan the terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
67
editions published
between
1919
and
2010
in
13
languages
and held by
1,343
libraries
worldwide
The diary of a dead German officer sets Tarzan once more on the trail of his wife, help captive in the depts of the jungle.
The chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
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69
editions published
between
1922
and
2009
in
5
languages
and held by
1,223
libraries
worldwide
Tara, daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. When she is captured by the Kaldanes, Gahan sets out to find her.
Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
47
editions published
between
1915
and
2009
in
5
languages
and held by
1,107
libraries
worldwide
In this sequel to At the Earth's Core, David Innes vows revenge and returns to the Inner World of Pellucidar to rescue the beautiful Dian, who had been torn from his arms by trickery. However, his return trip places him far from the land of his beloved and he is forced to undertake a desperate journey thousands of miles across the fierce inner earth to reach her.
The eternal savage by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
27
editions published
between
1914
and
2004
in
3
languages
and held by
1,031
libraries
worldwide
Requires special playback equipment.
The monster men by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
28
editions published
between
1913
and
2007
in
English and Japanese
and held by
1,028
libraries
worldwide
Number Thirteen, the latest of Professor Maxon's attempts to create human life in the laboratory, becomes the nemesis of the island's head hunters.
Out of time's abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
)
29
editions published
between
1918
and
2011
in
English and Japanese
and held by
958
libraries
worldwide
On Caprona, all of the world's past still lived. Here were dinosaurs and flying reptiles, the most primitive of cavemen, and the last of the Bronze Age barbarians. But there was one more secret that the claws and spears guarded most of all.
The mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs (
Book
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31
editions published
between
1921
and
2005
in
3
languages
and held by
922
libraries
worldwide
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Associated Subjects
Adventure stories Adventure stories, American Adventure stories--Authorship Africa Audiobooks Audiobooks Biography British Burroughs, Edgar Rice,--1875-1950 Carter, John (Fictitious character) Comic books, strips, etc. Core of the Earth Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) Drama Earth Electronic books Fantasy fiction, American Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Friendship Great Britain Hawaii History Jungles Juvenile works Life on other planets Literature Lost continents Man-woman relationships Mars (Planet) Napier, Carson (Fictitious character) Novelists, American Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941) Popular literature Prehistoric peoples Princesses Records and correspondence Science fiction Science fiction, American Tarzan (Fictitious character) Tarzan films Tarzan films United States Venus (Planet) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Weston, Herbert T Wild men
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Alternative Names
Bean, Norman 1875-1950 Bėrrouz, Ėdgar Raĭs, 1875-1950 Berrouz, Edhar, 1875-1950 Burroughs, E. R. Burroughs, Edgar R. 1875-1950 Rice Burroughs, Edgar, 1875-1950 ביראוס, אדגר רייס, 1875-1950 バローズ, E. R., 1875-1950 バローズ, E.R 勃罗士 רייס בורוז, אדגר ביראוס, אדגר רייס
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