Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke

Through The Tales Of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Generations Of Readers Have Thrilled To The Adventures Of Lord Greystoke (aka John Clayton, But Better Known As Tarzan Of The Apes). In This Biography Philip Jose Farmer Pieces Together The Life Of This Fantastic Man, Correcting Burroughs's Errors And Deliberate Deceptions And Tracing Tarzan's Family Tree Back To Other Extraordinary Figures, Including Sherlock And Mycroft Holmes, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Doc Savage, Nero Wolfe, And Bulldog Drummond. Tarzan Alive Offers The First Chronological Account Of Tarzan's Life, Narrated In Careful Detail Garnered From Burroughs's Stories And Other Sources. From The Ill-fated Voyage That Led To Greystoke's Birth On The Isolated African Coast To His Final Adventures As A Group Captain In The Raf During World War Ii, Farmer Constructs A Comprehensive And Authoritative Account. Farmer's Assertion That Tarzan Was A Real Person Has Led Him To Craft A Biography As Well Researched And Compelling As That Of Any Character From Conventional History. This Definitive Bison Books Edition Also Includes Farmer's Exclusive Interview With Lord Greystoke As Well As Extracts From The Memoirs Of 'lord Greystoke' First Anthologized In Mother Was A Lovely Beast.--book Jacket. 1888: The World -- Out To Sea -- The Savage Home -- Life And Death -- The Apes -- 1898: The World -- The Difference -- Loss And Revenge -- Growing Up -- 1908: The World -- The Outsider: Dreamer And Joker -- Kingship And Love -- Renunciation -- From Ape To Savage -- The Chief, The She, The City Of Gold -- Journeys' End -- The Great Trek And The Elixir -- The Beasts -- Problems -- The Waters Of Lethe, The Jewels Of Opar -- War And Freedom -- 1919: The World -- Guru -- The Lion And The Ants -- Lord Of Many Places -- 1929: The World -- Hail And Farewell -- 1943: The World -- Exit Tarzan, Smiling -- Tarzan And The Monomyth -- The Rest Is Silence. By Philip José Farmer ; Foreword To The Bison Books Edition By Win Scott Eckert ; Introduction To The Bison Books Edition By Mike Resnick. Previously Published: Garden City, N.y., Doubleday, 1972. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [294]-301) And Index.