The son of Tarzan
- Date:
- 1939.
- Collecting Area:
- Mathes Childrens Literature
- Call Number:
- YH B972 S6 1939 LOCAL
- Publisher:
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Abstract:
- Many years after Tarzan left Africa for England, his ape friend Akut managed to travel to England where he was trained to perform tricks for a man who, unknown to Akut, was an arch enemy of Tarzan. But the trained ape takes London by storm, and among others, the future Lord Greystoke, a schoolboy headed for Eton, wants to see the show. He sneaks out of the house to attend the theater and buys a ticket for one of the balcony seats. From the stage, Akut recognizes the boy for who he must be and leaps to join him. Akut refuses to return to the stage but just as the situation must be resolved, the door to the balcony opens to admit Tarzan, Lord Greystoke. The ape's owner refuses to sell the animal but finally Jack frees him, and travels with him back to Africa. There, his money is lost and he has no means to return to England, but needs to learn to survive in the jungle as did his father before him.
- Physical Description:
- 424 pages illustrations 12 cm.
- Series:
- The better little book ; 1477 and Better little book.
- Notes:
- Publisher's lists: 3 unnumbered pages follow the illustrated text.
- Curator Notes:
- Whitman, c 1939; 'Better Little Books 1477'; adapted from book by Burroughs; 209 illustrations reprinted from the daily strip; color illustrations (by Henry E. Vallely) pasted on paperboard front cover and spine
- Subjects:
- Human-animal relationships Juvenile fiction, Adventure stories Juvenile fiction, Big little books Specimens, Human-animal relationships, Big little books, and Adventure stories
- Genres/Forms:
- Specimens, Fiction, and Juvenile works
- Names:
- Tarzan (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction and Tarzan (Fictitious character)
- Geographic Terms:
- Africa Juvenile fiction and Africa
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