Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author and the creator of the Tarzan series of books and comics. He has been called the grandfather of American science fiction.http://www1.apsu.edu/thompsonj/erbcof-l.htm He wrote plays, poetry, westerns, and cartoons, and also wrote for newspapers. There are over 4,500 websites dedicated to him and almost all of his books may be read online.http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html Although met with enthusiasm by readers since his first book was published in 1912, critics and reviewers have often dismissed his works as not good enough to be called literature. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, IL on September 1, 1875 to civil war veteran Maj. George and Mary Burroughs. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html He was the youngest of 4 brothers. He attended several different schools before graduating from Michigan Military Academy in 1895. http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/ He served in the cavalry till the discovery of a heart murmur stopped his military career.http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/ He worked as a railroad policeman, door-to-door salesman, stenographer, and cow puncher before starting his writing career. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html Later he served as the Mayor of California Beach in 1935. Burroughs was also the oldest WWII war correspondent. http://www.classicauthors.net/burroughs/ http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html He married Emma Hulbert in 1900 and had 3 children. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html He died in 1950 and his cremated remains are buried on his property, Tarzana, in California. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/burroughs.html

Edgar Rice Burroughs began his writing career with the 1911 publication in All-Story Magazine of Dejah Thoris, Martian Princess, later titled A Princess of Mars, under the pseudonym Normal Bean. http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/ His third novel, Tarzan of the Apes appeared in the magazine in 1912, was published in book form in 1913, and would later prove to be his greatest success. The first movie based on Tarzan was made in 1918, starring Elmo Lincoln. http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/ Overall, Burroughs wrote 26 Tarzan books. In 1919, he purchased the ranch he named Tarzana in California, and in 1928 the nearby town named its self Tarzana when it incorporated. http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/ In 1923, Burroughs created his own company, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., and started publishing his own works. His company began by producing Tarzan the Invincible in 1931 and finished with I am a Barbarian in 1967. http://www.edgarriceburroughs.ca/bio/

"When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled; and smiles are the foundation of beauty." --Tarzan of the Apeshttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140184643/ref=dp_proddesc_1?ie=UTF8&n=283155

• The Return of Tarzan
• The Beasts of Tarzan
• The Son of Tarzan
• Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
• Jungle Tales of Tarzan
• Tarzan the Untamed
• Tarzan the Terrible
• Tarzan and the Golden Lion
• Tarzan and the Ant Men
• Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
• Tarzan and the Lost Empire
• Tarzan at the Earth's Core
• Tarzan the Invincible
• Tarzan Triumphant
• Return to Pellucidar
• The Land That Time Forgot
• A Fighting Man of Mars
• Black Pirates of Barsoom
• John Carter of Mars
• The City of Mummies
• Tarzan and the City of Gold
• Tarzan and the Lion Man
• Tarzan and the Leopard Men
• Tarzan's Quest
• Tarzan and the Forbidden City
• Tarzan the Magnificent
• Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
• Tarzan and the Madman
• Tarzan and the Castaways