[Blurb from the original First Edition dust jacket] In the terminology of the publishing trade, little exploitation articles like this, that appear on the jackets of books, are called blurbs. There is always a temptation to use superlatives in describing something that one wishes to sell, with the result that blurbs often contain exaggerated statements of the merits of the work. We have assidously sought to avoid such exaggerations in describing the books we have published. We have never said, "This is the greatest novel ever written by Edgar Rice Burroughs," although we came darn near…mehr
[Blurb from the original First Edition dust jacket] In the terminology of the publishing trade, little exploitation articles like this, that appear on the jackets of books, are called blurbs. There is always a temptation to use superlatives in describing something that one wishes to sell, with the result that blurbs often contain exaggerated statements of the merits of the work. We have assidously sought to avoid such exaggerations in describing the books we have published. We have never said, "This is the greatest novel ever written by Edgar Rice Burroughs," although we came darn near slipping up on the jacket of the first book that appeared under our imprint, Tarzan the Invincible. To make amends for that, we are going to tell you that Mr. Burroughs believes this to be the poorest Tarzan novel he has ever written. On that point however there is a difference of opinion. The Editors of LIBERTY magazine say it is the greatest, and thousands of their readers agree with them. Now we leave it to you. What is your opinion? It has the makings of a good story--a motion picture company in the wilds of Africa, two beautiful girls, ruthless Arabs, a half-maniacal scientist, a tribe of gorillas that he has taught to speak English, a coward who looks like Tarzan--and Tarzan, himself--Tarzan in Africa and Tarzan in Hollywood. We can promise you two things--it will give you plenty of thrills and not a few laughs.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 - March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Aiming his work at the pulps, Burroughs had his first story, Under the Moons of Mars, serialized in The All-Story in 1912 - under the name "Norman Bean" to protect his reputation. Under the Moons of Mars inaugurated the Barsoom series and earned Burroughs $400. It was first published as a book in 1917, entitled A Princess of Mars, after three Barsoom sequels had appeared as serials and McClurg had published the first four serial Tarzan novels as books. Burroughs soon took up writing full-time, and by the time the run of Under the Moons of Mars had finished he had completed two novels, including Tarzan of the Apes. Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction and fantasy stories involving adventurers from Earth transported to various planets (notably Barsoom, Burroughs's fictional name for Mars), lost islands, and into the interior of the hollow earth in his Pellucidar stories. He also wrote westerns and historical romances. Tarzan was a cultural sensation when introduced. Burroughs was determined to capitalize on Tarzan's popularity in every way possible. He planned to exploit Tarzan through several different media including a syndicated Tarzan comic strip, movies and merchandise. Experts in the field advised against this course of action, stating that the different media would just end up competing against each other. Burroughs went ahead, however, and proved the experts wrong - the public wanted Tarzan in whatever fashion he was offered.
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