Tarzan the Untamed

Pages: 272
Published: 1976
Language: English

Hauptmann Fritz Schneider leads a weary troop through the dense, dark African forest. Tensions rise as the white officers, isolated in the heart of Africa, use harsh methods to drive their exhausted porters and askaris forward. The perilous journey forces them to confront the dangers of the wilderness and the volatile dynamics within their own ranks.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Adventurous

Survival

Classics Adventure Fantasy

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a businessman. During the Chicago influenza epidemic in 1891, he spent half a year on his brothers' ranch on the Raft River in Idaho. He attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then the Michigan Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1895. He failed the entrance exam for West Point, and so became an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. He was discharged in 1897, ha...