Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

The novel tells the story of John Clayton III. John and Alice Clayton II, Lord and Lady Greystoke of England are marooned in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa in 1888. In September 1889 their son John Clayton III is born. At one year old his mother dies and soon thereafter his father is killed by the savage king ape Kerchak. The infant is then adopted by the she-ape Kala. Clayton is named Tarzan ( White Skin in the ape language) and raised in ignorance of his human heritage.