false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173804250m/330110.jpg 330110 41 As THE BEASTS OF TARZAN begins, Tarzan -- as Lord Greystoke -- is settled in civilized London. But two of his enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and henchman Alexis Paulvitch, are on his trail. The pair abducts Jane -- and Tarzan's son, Jack. Tarzan himself is stranded on a desert island, but with the help of Sheeta the panther and Akut the great ape he makes it back to the mainland. There he meets Mugambi, the giant chief of the Wagambi tribe, who becomes Tarzan's lifelong friend and ally. The group heads into the deep jungle after the kidnappers -- and when Tarzan finds them he lets the beast inside him wreck his vengeance. There's a beautiful irony, here -- Tarzan has come from the jungle into civilization, and his son must go from civilization to the jungle. Where Tarzan grew up without human guidance or moral direction, he has become an honorable man -- chivalrous, almost noble; a genuinely good man. And now his son, raised in civilization, must now walk a similar path. . . . 813976 book 1914 The Beasts of Tarzan total:321|5:62|4:106|3:128|2:21|1:4| 321 1164 383 18 3 1 false false Sun Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 13:04:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 13:10:51 -0800 2008
The main thing is, Tarzan has A PET LEOPARD, and loyal band of giant apes in this one, who chew up h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Sun Oct 25 09:33:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:14:26 -0800 2009 Tarzan of the Apes and The Return of Tarzan and I thought the next book in the series, The Son of Tarzan was better, but Beasts is still an exciting adv...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 1985 Sun Jan 25 20:09:29 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 25 05:57:33 -0700 2009 3 Edgar Rice Burroughs I picked copies of a few of his books for Microsoft Reader on my phone. (www.microsoft.com/reader) and then located them on the Kindle Store for my iPod Touch. I have re-read a few of them on the bus over the last few weeks and I am struck by one thing. IN...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 11 08:45:18 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 08:53:44 -0700 2008
As an adult, I am struck by the racism of the books. It throbs in the very plot. While Burroughs wants to portray "civilization" as some...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 17 14:22:07 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 14:22:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 15:14:27 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:10:07 -0700 2009
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