Tarzan of the Apes

From the editor: Without his animal strength and human intelligence, Tarzan of the Apes would often have been a dead man. Orphaned in infancy, Tarzan is adopted by an ape who has just lost her own baby. Against all odds, survive and learn the ways of the great apes. But Tarzan is different from the apes and he knows it more with each passing day. Then he comes face to face with a beautiful woman named Jane and, more than ever, wonders who the real Tarzan is.

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British in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Wild Men in Fiction, American Adventure Stories, Open Library Staff Selections, American Fantasy Fiction, British, Fiction, Tarzan (Fictional Character), Adventure Stories, Wild Men, Africa in Fiction, Classic Literature, Juvenile Fiction, Tarzan (Fictional Character), Fiction, Fiction, Action and Adventure, Africa, Fiction, American Fiction (Fictional Works by an Author), Tarzan (Fictional Character) - Fiction, Africa - Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, British - Africa - Fiction, Wild Men -- Fiction, Children's Fiction, Action & AdventurePeople

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"When the giant ape roughly shoved Jane aside to meet Tarzan's charge, and she saw their relative sizes, her heart shook."

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"Edited to make it more accessible to today's readers" - Publisher's website.

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first sentence

"I HAD THIS STORY FROM Someone who had no business telling it to me or anyone else."

Job Description

Set amid the vibrant colors and sounds of the wild African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has drawn generations of readers on a glorious journey into romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the jungle's secrets to survival: how to talk to animals, swing from trees, and fight off large predators. As Tarzan grows, he makes many friends: Tantor the elephant, Ska the vulture, and Numa the lion. When this paradise is invaded by white men, Tarzan's life changes, because in this group is Jane, the first white woman he has seen. Speaking directly of our childhood fantasies, this stimulating work takes us to that distant place in our minds where dreams prevail and where we too can be masters of our environment. - Back cover.