Tarzan the Untamed
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 20, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- World War I brings a familiar Tarzan adventure into a starkly altered world.
- Themes
- Wartime conflict, Personal loss
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, War Fiction, The Classics
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Tarzan the Untamed is a book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton.
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Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans. (Wasimbu's father Muviro, first mentioned in this story, goes on to play a prominent role in later Tarzan novels.)
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World War I brings a familiar Tarzan adventure into a starkly altered world.
Come here for
- A classic series entry shaped by wartime upheaval
- Adventure rooted in survival and the loss of home
Expect
- A sustained read with high-stakes adventure
- A darker turn for the world of Tarzan
Where it sits
| Action & Adventure | 78% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 50% |
| War Fiction | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Fantasy Adventure
- Romance Adventure
- Authors
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 20, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Wartime conflict · Personal loss
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure