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Tarzan Rıfkı
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Character biography Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Soon after his parents' death, Tarzan became a feral child, and his tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, great apes of a species unknown to science. Kala is his ape mother. Burroughs added stories occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The All-Story Magazine
''The All-Story Magazine'' was a pulp magazine founded in 1905 and published by Frank Munsey. The editor was Robert Hobart Davis, Robert H. Davis; Thomas Newell Metcalf also worked as a managing editor for the magazine. It was published monthly until March 1914, and then switched to a weekly schedule. Munsey merged it with The Scrap Book and The Cavalier, ''The'' ''Cavalier'', another of his pulp magazines, in May 1914, and the title changed to ''All-Story Cavalier Weekly'' for a year. In 1920 it was merged with Munsey's ''Argosy (magazine), Argosy''; the combined magazine was retitled ''Argosy All-Story Weekly''. Many well-known writers appeared in ''All-Story'', including the mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart and the Western writer Max Brand. The most famous contributor to the magazine was Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose first sale, ''Under the Moons of Mars'', appeared in ''All-Story'' in 1912. This was the start of his Barsoom science fiction series Mars in fiction, set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
