Jungle Tales of Tarzan

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name = Jungle Tales of Tarzan
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration of "Jungle Tales of Tarzan"
author = Edgar Rice Burroughs
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country = United States
language = English
series = Tarzan series
genre = Adventure short stories
publisher = A. C. McClurg
release_date = 1919
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 319 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
followed_by = Tarzan the Untamed

"Jungle Tales of Tarzan" is a collection of twelve loosely-connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan. Chronologically, the events recounted in it actually occur between chapters 12 and 13 of the first Tarzan novel, "Tarzan of the Apes".

Contents

#"Tarzan's First Love"
#"The Capture of Tarzan"
#"The Fight for the Balu"
#"The God of Tarzan"
#"Tarzan and the Black Boy"
#"The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance"
#"The End of Bukawai"
#"The Lion"
#"The Nightmare"
#"The Battle for Teeka"
#"A Jungle Joke"
#"Tarzan Rescues the Moon"

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form on a number of occasions. Charlton Comics adapted several of its stories, including "The Lion" and "The Nightmare" in "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" nos. 1-4. Gold Key Comics adapted "The Capture of Tarzan," "The God of Tarzan," "Tarzan and the Black Boy" and "A Jungle Joke" in "Tarzan" nos. 169-170. DC Comics adapted "The Capture of Tarzan," "The Fight for the Balu" and "The Nightmare" in "Tarzan" nos. 212-214 (reprinting the second two in "Tarzan" nos. 252-253 and 257. Marvel adapted "Tarzan's First Love," "The God of Tarzan," "The End of Bukawai," "The Battle for Teeka," "A Jungle Joke" and "Tarzan Rescues the Moon" in "Tarzan" nos. 7, 9, 13 and 14 and "Tarzan Annual" no. 1.

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.

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/106 Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg]
* [http://www.erblist.com/erblist/jtalessummary.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for "Jungle Tales of Tarzan"]