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Edgar Rice Burroughs  (1875-1950)

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Xenite.org: Talk About Edgar Rice Burroughs
http://www.xenite.org/talk/erb.htm

This site, maintained by "Xenite.org" ("Pleasing Science Fiction & Fantasy fans since March 14, 1997…"), is the place to go if you want to find any and all information about the famous creator of Tarzan. Here you'll find more than 25 "ERB-related links", from the "Barsoomian Blade's Chatroom" to the home of the "Burroughs Bulletin Online." This is a fantastic resource.

Edgar Rice Burroughs C.H.A.S.E.R.
http://www.geocities.com/hillmans15/erbz469.html

This site, run by exhausted scholar William G. Hillman, is described through its acronym, C.H.A.S.E.R. (A Collector's Hypertexted and Annotated Storehouse of Encyclopedia Resources). Here the visitor will find "…thematic, chronological, and alphabetical lists…" of every novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. From a list of Burroughs' pulps to photos of dust jackets, this is the perfect place to turn into an ERB Aficionado.

The Official Tarzan Website
http://www.tarzan.org/

At this official site, you can access "…nearly a century of Tarzan history." You may read the short version of Tarzan's biography (as taken from Burrough's novels), view the history of Tarzan (in books, film, radio, or toys), check out Tarzan fan clubs, link to the Disney'sTarzan movie site, or check out other ERB works. A fun and informative place to visit.

BIOGRAPHY
Edgar Rice Burroughs (b. 1875) was born in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from the Michigan Military Academy in 1895, Burroughs served a brief, unhappy stint in U.S. Cavalry. Burroughs put his military career behind him and worked a series of odd jobs in the early 1900s including railroad policeman, partner of an advertising agency, and manager of the stenographic department at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Facing serious financial trouble, at the age of 35 Burroughs decided to try his hand at writing pulp fiction. He sold his first story, "Under the Moons of Mars" to All-Story magazine in 1912. A few months later he published a story about a boy who was orphaned in the African jungle as a baby and raised by apes. The story was an instant success, and in 1914 Burroughs published his first novel, Tarzan of the Apes. By the 1930's the Tarzan books had made Burroughs enough money to found his own publishing house and motion picture company, and soon the fictional character Tarzan was known all over the world. Burroughs went on to publish 24 Tarzan books in all, as well as a numerous other adventure and science fiction series. Burroughs died of a heart ailment on March 19, 1950.





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