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A Short Biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Author Name:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Born As:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Other Names:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Born:

1 Sep 1875

Died:

19 Mar 1950




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Selected Works:

Barsoom series:

A Princess of Mars - 1912. 
The Gods of Mars - 1914. 
The Warlord of Mars - 1918.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars - 1920. 
The Chessmen of Mars - 1922.
The Master Mind of Mars - 1928.
A Fighting Man of Mars - 1931.
Swords of Mars - 1936. 
Synthetic Men of Mars - 1940.
Llana of Gathol - 1948.
John Carter of Mars - 1964.
John Carter and the Giant of Mars" - 1940.
Skeleton Men of Jupiter- 1942.

Tarzan series:

Tarzan of the Apes - 1912. 
The Return of Tarzan - 1913.
The Beasts of Tarzan - 1914.
The Son of Tarzan - 1914.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar - 1916
Jungle Tales of Tarzan - 1916, 1917.
Tarzan the Untamed - 1919, 1921.
Tarzan the Terrible - 1921.
Tarzan and the Golden Lion - 1922, 1923.
Tarzan and the Ant Men - 1924.
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle - 1927, 1928.
Tarzan and the Lost Empire - 1928.
Tarzan at the Earth's Core - 1929.
Tarzan the Invincible - 1930. 1931.
Tarzan Triumphant - 1931.
Tarzan and the City of Gold - 1932.
Tarzan and the Lion Man - 1933, 1934.
Tarzan and the Leopard Men - 1935.
Tarzan's Quest - 1935, 1936.
Tarzan and the Forbidden City - 1938.
Tarzan the Magnificent - 1936, 1937.
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion - 1947.
Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins - 1963.
Tarzan and the Madman - 1964.
Tarzan and the Castaways - 1965.
Tarzan: the Lost Adventure - with Joe R. Lansdale. - 1995.


Pellucidar series:

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.

Venus series:

Pirates of Venus - 1934.
Lost on Venus - 1935.
Carson of Venus - 1939.
Escape on Venus - 1946.
The Wizard of Venus - 1970.

Caspak series:
The Land That Time Forgot - 1918.
The People That Time Forgot - 1918. Also knows as:  "People Out of Time"
Out of Time’s Abyss - 1918.

Moon series:
The Moon Men - 1975
The Moon Maid - 1926. Also known as: "The Moon Men"
Part I: The Moon Maid, Part II: The Moon Men and Part III: The Red Hawk have been published in varying combinations. Like most of Burroughs fiction, they were originally published serially, but the original book version included all three under the title The Moon Maid.

Mucker series:
The Mucker - 1914.
The Return of the Mucker - 1916.
The Oakdale Affair - 1917.

Other science fiction:
Beyond the Farthest Star - 1941.
The Lost Continent - 1916. Also known as:  "Beyond Thirty"
The Monster Men - 1929.
The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw - 1937.

Jungle adventure novels:
The Cave Girl - 1925.
The Eternal Lover - 1925. Also known as: "The Eternal Savage"
Jungle Girl - 1932. Also known as: "Land of the Hidden Men"
The Man Eater - 1935.
The Lad and the Lion - 1938.

Western novels:
Apache Devil - 1933.
The Bandit of Hell's Bend - 1926.
The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County - 1940.
The War Chief - 1927.

Historical novels:
I am a Barbarian - 1967.
The Outlaw of Torn - 1927.

Other works:
The Efficiency Expert - 1921.
Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder - 2001.
The Girl from Farris's - 1916.
The Girl from Hollywood - 1923.
The Mad King - 1926.
Marcia of the Doorstep - 1999.
Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M - 1998.
Pirate Blood - 1970.
The Rider - 1937.
You Lucky Girl! - 1999.                          
                          
Author of  Tarzan of the Apes, which was published from October 1912 and went on to begin his most successful series.                          
The town Tarzana, a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, was named after Tarzan.