Tarzan and the Madman
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Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
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Illustrator | Reed Crandall |
Cover artist | Reed Crandall |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Tarzan series |
Genre | Adventure |
Publisher | Canaveral Press |
Publication date | June 15, 1964[1] |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 236 |
Preceded by | Tarzan and the Foreign Legion |
Followed by | Tarzan and the Castaways |
Tarzan and the Madman is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-third in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. Written from January to February 1940, the story was never published in Burroughs' lifetime.[2][3] It was first published in hardcover by Canaveral Press in June 1964, and in paperback by Ballantine Books in February 1965.[3][4][5]
Plot summary[]
Tarzan tracks down a man who has been mistaken for him. The man is under the delusion that he is Tarzan, and he is living in a lost city inhabited by people descended from early Portuguese explorers. The plot devices of a lost city and a Tarzan "double" or impostor had been used by Burroughs in some previous Tarzan novels.
Notes[]
- ^ "Books—Authors". The New York Times: 34. June 4, 1964.
- ^ Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for Tarzan and the Madman
- ^ a b ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA for Tarzan and the Madman
- ^ Tarzan and the Madman title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 133.
External links[]
- Tarzan and The Madman at Faded Page (Canada)
Categories:
- 1964 American novels
- 1964 fantasy novels
- Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Novels published posthumously