The Son of Tarzan

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name = The Son of Tarzan
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration of "The Son of Tarzan"
author = Edgar Rice Burroughs
illustrator = J. Allen St. John
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country = United States
language = English
series = Tarzan series
genre = Adventure novel
publisher = A. C. McClurg
release_date = 1914
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 394 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Beasts of Tarzan
followed_by = Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

"The Son of Tarzan" is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was published in 1914.

Plot summary

Alexis Paulvitch, a henchman of Tarzan's now-deceased enemy, Nikolas Rokoff, survived his encounter with the ape-man in The Beasts of Tarzan and wants to even the score. Paulvitch lures Jack, Tarzan's son, away from London and into his clutches, but Jack escapes with the help of the ape named Akut. Akut & Jack flee into the deep African jungle where two decades earlier Tarzan himself had been raised. The young Jack Clayton, now on his own, becomes known as Korak the killer and builds a reputation for himself in the Jungle. Korak, like his father before him, finds his own place in the Jungle among the great apes, and also like his father, meets and rescues a beautiful young woman, Meriem. Meriem is the daughter of a Captain in the French Foreign Legion, who was also a Prince (Prince de Cadrenet), named Armand Jacot.

Copyright

The copyright for this story has expired in the United States, and thus now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg.

Film adaptations

Burroughs' novel was the basis of the fifteen part silent film serial of the same title, the first part of which was released in 1920.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form by Gold Key Comics in "Tarzan" no. 158. DC Comics also began an adaptation in its "Korak" comic, but adapted only the initial portion of the story, using it as the springboard for original stories featuring Korak's quest for a kidnapped Meriem.

References

*cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Everett | authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler | title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature | location=Chicago | publisher=Shasta Publishers | pages=67 | date=1948

External links

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/90 Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg]
* [http://www.erblist.com/erblist/tzsonsum.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for "The Son of Tarzan"]