When was Edgar Rice Burroughs born and where?
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on the 1st of September, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the fourth son of Major George Tyler Burroughs, a businessman and Civil War veteran.
Questions about Edgar Rice Burroughs
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What was Edgar Rice Burroughs's first published story?
His first published story was Under the Moons of Mars, serialized by Frank Munsey in The All-Story from February to July of 1912. It introduced the character John Carter and earned Burroughs four hundred dollars. It was later published as a book under the title A Princess of Mars in 1917.
How many Tarzan books did Edgar Rice Burroughs write?
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote twenty-four Tarzan books. He also wrote eleven books featuring John Carter of Mars, along with the Pellucidar, Amtor, and Caspak series.
How did Edgar Rice Burroughs make money from Tarzan beyond books?
Burroughs capitalized on Tarzan through a syndicated comic strip, films, and merchandise, despite expert advice against spreading the character across multiple media. At the time of his death in 1950, he had earned over two million dollars in royalties from twenty-seven Tarzan pictures alone.
How is the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles connected to Edgar Rice Burroughs?
In 1919, Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles and named it Tarzana. The community that grew around the ranch voted to adopt the name officially when the town of Tarzana, California, was formed in 1927.
What were Edgar Rice Burroughs's views on eugenics?
Burroughs was an explicit supporter of eugenics and scientific racism, reflected in both his fiction and unpublished nonfiction. In his novel Lost on Venus, published in 1933, he depicted a society that practiced forced sterilization and killed those deemed unfit. He also wrote an unpublished essay titled I See A New Race endorsing similar ideas.