EDGAR BURROUGHS

Classic Literary Author Biography

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950)

Edgar was born in Chicago, Illinois and later graduated at the Michigan Military Academy, however he failed the entrance exam for West Point and was enlisted as a soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalary in Arizona, Fort Grant. He was discharged in 1897 following a problem with his heart.

With a wife, two kids and a lowly paid living, he took up writing, and created, Tarzan of the Apes, which went on to be a cultural icon. By the 1930’s he had divorced his wife, remarried Florence Dearholt (a former actress) and was publishing his own books.

During World War II, Edgar Burroughs became a war correspondent, despite the fact he was now in his sixties. He died of a heart attack in 1950.

Literary Classics contains 560 authors, and thousands of unabridged books.
The Edgar Burroughs unabridged classic books, included on the Literary Classics CD are:

• A PRINCESS OF MARS
• AT THE EARTH'S CORE
• OUT OF TIME'S ABYSS
• PELLUCIDAR
• TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
• TARZAN OF THE APES
• TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
• TARZAN THE UNTAMED
• THE BEASTS OF TARZAN
• THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
• THE GODS OF MARS
• THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
• THE LOST CONTINENT
• THE MONSTER MEN
• THE MUCKER
• THE OAKDALE AFFAIR
• THE OUTLAW OF TORN
• THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT
• THE SON OF TARZAN
• THE WARLORD OF MARS
  

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