Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chicago, 1 september 1875 - Encino, 19 March 1950) was an American writer best known for his book series about the jungle hero Tarzan andBarsoom science fiction series.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Burroughs was born in Chicago, the son of a businessman. He went to the Michigan Military Academy and graduated in 1895. Then he took the entrance exam for West Point was not and soldier. After his military time he had temporary jobs. In 1899 he went to work in his father's company, where he remained five years. He married Emma Centennia Hulbert in 1900 and they had three children: Joan, Hubert and John.
 * 2 Select Bibliography (English)
 * 2.1 Barsoom series
 * 2.2 Tarzan Series
 * 2.3 Pellucidar
 * 2.4 Venus Series
 * 2.5 Caspak Series
 * 2.6 other books
 * 3 external links

About 1911, he began writing stories. His stories were intended for publication in the zg. pulp sheets, which were popular at that time. His first story, Under the Moons of Mars, was in 1912 in a feuilleton format issued in the All Story magazine. From then on he went full time writing. By the time the last part of Under the Moons of Mars was published, he had two books including Tarzan of the Apes was first published in October 1912.

Tarzan was a sensation and Burroughs wanted to take advantage of this popularity and exploited Tarzan on every way he could think of: a comic strip to a movie and merchandise. The public could get enough and Tarzan continues to this day, a successful person fiction.

Burroughs wrote science fiction/fantasy stories involving adventurous earthlings are transported to different planets, for lost Islands or towards the Interior of the hollow Earth. He also wrote stories in the Western genre and historical novels.

In 1923 Burroughs on Burroughs put his company, Inc. and started his own books button. In 1934 he divorced and married Emma Florence Dearholt (from whom he also divorced in 1942). At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he lived in Hawaii and worked as a war correspondent. He died in Encino in California with nearly 70 books in his bibliography.

The Burroughs crater on Mars is named after him. ==Select Bibliography (English)[ Edit] == ===Barsoom series<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Tarzan Series<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Pellucidar<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Venus Series<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Caspak Series<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other books<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * A Princess of Mars (1912) en: Princess of Mars
 * The Gods of Mars (1918) en: gods of Mars
 * The Warlord of Mars (1914) nl: Supreme warlord of Mars
 * Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920) nl: Thuvia of Mars
 * The Chessmen of Mars (1922)
 * The Master Mind of Mars (1928) en: the Princess of the red planet
 * A Fighting Man of Mars (1931)
 * Swords of Mars (1936) nl: swords of Mars
 * Synthetic Men of Mars (1940) nl: the samples of Mars
 * Llana of Gathol (1948)
 * John Carter of Mars (1964)
 * Tarzan Of The Apes (1912) nl: Tarzan of the apes
 * The Return of Tarzan (1913) nl: the return of Tarzan
 * The Beasts Of Tarzan (1914) nl: The wild beasts of Tarzan
 * The Son of Tarzan (1914) nl: the son of Tarzan
 * Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar (1916) nl: Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
 * Jungle Tales Of Tarzan (1919) nl: Tarzan in the jungle
 * Tarzan The Untamed (1920) nl: Tarzan the indomitable
 * Tarzan The Terrible (1921) nl: Tarzan the terrible
 * Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923) nl: Tarzan and the Golden Lion
 * Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924) en: Tarzan and the Ant people
 * The Tarzan Twins (1927)
 * Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1927) nl: Tarzan, ruler of the jungle
 * Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1928) en: Tarzan and the lost Empire
 * Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929) nl: Tarzan in the underworld
 * Tarzan the Invincible (1930) en: Tarzan the invincible
 * Tarzan Triumphant (1931) en: Tarzan triumphs
 * Tarzan and the Leopard Men (1932) en: Tarzan and the Leopard people
 * Tarzan and the City of Gold (1932) en: Tarzan and the Golden City
 * Tarzan and the Lion Man (1933/1934) en: Tarzan and the leeuwman
 * Tarzan's Quest (1935/1936) nl: Tarzan's venture
 * Tarzan the Magnificent (1936) nl: Tarzan the great
 * Tarzan and the Forbidden City (1938) nl: Tarzan and the forbidden city
 * Tarzan and the Jungle Murders (1940)
 * Tarzan and the Champion (1940)
 * Tarzan and the Madman (1964)
 * Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (1947) nl: Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
 * At the Earth's Core (1914)
 * Pellucidar (1923)
 * Tanar of Pellucidar (1928)
 * Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)
 * Back to the Stone Age (1937)
 * Land of Terror (1944)
 * Savage Pellucidar (1963)
 * Pirates of Venus (1934)
 * Lost on Venus (1935)
 * Carson of Venus (1939)
 * Escape on Venus (1946)
 * The Wizard of Venus (1970)
 * The Land That Time Forgot (1918)
 * The People That Time Forgot (1918) (
 * Out of time's Abyss (1918)
 * The Efficiency Expert (1921)
 * The Lost Continent (1916)
 * The Mad King (1926)
 * The Monster One (1929)
 * The Mucker (1921)
 * The Oakdale Affair (1917)
 * The Outlaw of Torn (1927)
 * The Moon Maid (1926)
 * The Moon Men (1926) (sequel to Moon Maid)