Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American speculative fiction writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction and fantasy genres.
Graduating in 1895, and failing the entrance exam for the United States Military Academy at West Point, he became an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S.
After being diagnosed with a heart problem and thus ineligible to serve, he was discharged in 1897. After his discharge Burroughs worked a number of different jobs.
1915; aka The Eternal Savage) The Man-Eater (1915) The Lad and the Lion (1917) Jungle Girl (1931; aka Land of the Hidden Men) ===Western novels=== The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1924) The War Chief (1927) Apache Devil (1933) The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County (1940) ===Historical novels=== The Outlaw of Torn (1914) I am a Barbarian (1967; written in 1941) ===Other works=== 937th Earl of One Mile Series M (1998; written in 1903) The Mad King (1914, rev.
Burroughs resigned from the railroad in October 1904. ===Author=== By 1911, after seven years of low wages as a pencil-sharpener wholesaler, Burroughs began to write fiction.
Burroughs resigned from the railroad in October 1904. ===Author=== By 1911, after seven years of low wages as a pencil-sharpener wholesaler, Burroughs began to write fiction.
He is buried in Tarzana, California, US. When he died, he was believed to have been the writer who had made the most from films, earning over $2 million in royalties from 27 Tarzan pictures. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Burroughs in 2003. ==Literary career== Aiming his work at the pulps—under the name "Norman Bean" to protect his reputation—Burroughs had his first story, Under the Moons of Mars, serialized by Frank Munsey in the February to July 1912 issues of The All-Story.
In 1929, he recalled thinking that In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), later known for his illustrations of his father's books. In the 1920s, Burroughs became a pilot, purchased a Security Airster S-1, and encouraged his family to learn to fly. Daughter Joan married Tarzan film actor, James Pierce, starring with her husband, as the voice of Jane, during 1932–34 for the Tarzan radio series.
The Burroughs brothers were also the sixth cousins, once removed, of famed miner Kate Rice, a brilliant and statuesque Maths professor who, in 1914, became the first female prospector in the Canadian North.
Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon. In either 1915 or 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named "Tarzana".
Beyond Thirty) The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw (1937) Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) ===Jungle adventure novels=== The Cave Girl (1913, revised 1917) The Eternal Lover (1914, rev.
Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon. In either 1915 or 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California, which he named "Tarzana".
In 1929, he recalled thinking that In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), later known for his illustrations of his father's books. In the 1920s, Burroughs became a pilot, purchased a Security Airster S-1, and encouraged his family to learn to fly. Daughter Joan married Tarzan film actor, James Pierce, starring with her husband, as the voice of Jane, during 1932–34 for the Tarzan radio series.
The citizens of the community that sprang up around the ranch voted to adopt that name when their community, Tarzana, California, was formed in 1927.
In 1929, he recalled thinking that In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), later known for his illustrations of his father's books. In the 1920s, Burroughs became a pilot, purchased a Security Airster S-1, and encouraged his family to learn to fly. Daughter Joan married Tarzan film actor, James Pierce, starring with her husband, as the voice of Jane, during 1932–34 for the Tarzan radio series.
In 1929, he recalled thinking that In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), later known for his illustrations of his father's books. In the 1920s, Burroughs became a pilot, purchased a Security Airster S-1, and encouraged his family to learn to fly. Daughter Joan married Tarzan film actor, James Pierce, starring with her husband, as the voice of Jane, during 1932–34 for the Tarzan radio series.
The pair were wed for more than forty years, until her death in 1972. Burroughs divorced Emma in 1934 and, in 1935, married the former actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt, who was the former wife of his friend (who was then himself remarrying), Ashton Dearholt, with whom he had co-founded Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises while filming The New Adventures of Tarzan.
The pair were wed for more than forty years, until her death in 1972. Burroughs divorced Emma in 1934 and, in 1935, married the former actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt, who was the former wife of his friend (who was then himself remarrying), Ashton Dearholt, with whom he had co-founded Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises while filming The New Adventures of Tarzan.
But as it turns out – and I love to say it because it upsets everyone terribly – Burroughs is probably the most influential writer in the entire history of the world." Bradbury continued that "By giving romance and adventure to a whole generation of boys, Burroughs caused them to go out and decide to become special." In Something of Myself (published posthumously in 1937) Rudyard Kipling wrote: "My Jungle Books begat Zoos of [imitators].
1915; aka The Eternal Savage) The Man-Eater (1915) The Lad and the Lion (1917) Jungle Girl (1931; aka Land of the Hidden Men) ===Western novels=== The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1924) The War Chief (1927) Apache Devil (1933) The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County (1940) ===Historical novels=== The Outlaw of Torn (1914) I am a Barbarian (1967; written in 1941) ===Other works=== 937th Earl of One Mile Series M (1998; written in 1903) The Mad King (1914, rev.
He and Florence divorced in 1942. Burroughs was in his late 60s and was in Honolulu at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American speculative fiction writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction and fantasy genres.
This period of his life is mentioned in William Brinkley's bestselling novel Don't Go Near the Water. ===Death=== After the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California, where after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 19, 1950, having written almost 80 novels.
He was reported to have said that he wanted to find out how bad a book he could write and 'get away with', which is a legitimate ambition." By 1963, Floyd C.
The pair were wed for more than forty years, until her death in 1972. Burroughs divorced Emma in 1934 and, in 1935, married the former actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt, who was the former wife of his friend (who was then himself remarrying), Ashton Dearholt, with whom he had co-founded Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises while filming The New Adventures of Tarzan.
He is buried in Tarzana, California, US. When he died, he was believed to have been the writer who had made the most from films, earning over $2 million in royalties from 27 Tarzan pictures. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Burroughs in 2003. ==Literary career== Aiming his work at the pulps—under the name "Norman Bean" to protect his reputation—Burroughs had his first story, Under the Moons of Mars, serialized by Frank Munsey in the February to July 1912 issues of The All-Story.
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