''Tarzan's Quest'' is a novel by American writer

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

, the nineteenth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character

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. Originally serialized in six parts, as ''Tarzan and the Immortal Men'', in ''The Blue Book Magazine'', from October 1935 to March 1936; the first collected edition was published as the 1936 novel ''Tarzan’s Quest'' by Burroughs’ own publishing company.

Plot

Tarzan's wife

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(her first appearance since ''

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'' and also her last as a major character in the series), becomes involved in a search for a bloodthirsty lost tribe reputed to possess an immortality drug. Also drawn in are Tarzan and his monkey companion, little

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, and Chief

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and his faithful Waziri warriors, who are searching for Muviro's lost daughter Buira. Nkima's vital contribution to the adventure is recognized when he is made a recipient of the immortality treatment along with the human protagonists at the end of the novel.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into

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form by

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in ''Tarzan'' nos. 188–189, dated October–December 1969.

Sources

External links

*
ERBzine.com Illustrated Bibliography entry for Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Tarzan's Quest''
* ttp://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601011.txt Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg Australia {{Tarzan 1936 American novels 1936 fantasy novels Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Fiction about immortality