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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBurroughs, Edgar Rice,
_d1875-1950
245 1 4 _aThe illustrated Tarzan book no. 1
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-08
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The illustrated Tarzan book no. 1 : Picturized from the novel Tarzan of the…" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a pictorial adaptation of a classic adventure novel, created during the late 1920s to early 20th century. This book belongs to the genre of adventure fiction and is notable for its extensive use of illustrations—about 300 in total—to bring the story to life in a strip or graphic form. The narrative follows the legendary origins and early life of Tarzan, a young English lord raised by apes in the African jungle, highlighting themes of survival, identity, and the clash between nature and civilization. The story recounts how Lord and Lady Greystoke, stranded by mutinous sailors in the jungle, meet their fate, leaving their infant son to be adopted by Kala, a gentle ape. Growing up as "Tarzan," the boy learns the ways of the wild, discovering his human lineage through the abandoned cabin and teaching himself to read and write. The plot traces his coming-of-age among the apes, his encounters and conflicts with jungle animals and native tribes, and his eventual meeting with Jane Porter and other castaways. Romantic tension develops between Tarzan and Jane as he repeatedly saves her, navigating the divide between his wild upbringing and human origins. The narrative culminates in Tarzan's discovery of his noble birth, his selfless decision to safeguard Jane’s happiness—even at the cost of his own—and his return to his beloved African home, weaving together adventure, romance, and a search for belonging. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cTarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1929
653 _aTarzan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
653 _aAfrica -- Fiction
653 _aFantasy fiction
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aBritish -- Africa -- Fiction
653 _aWild men -- Fiction
653 _aComics (Graphic works)
700 1 _aFoster, Harold R.
_q(Harold Rudolf),
_d1892-1982
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/the-illustrated-tarzan-book-01-1929-grosset-dunlap-c-2c-comics-castle/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75817
999 _c116542
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