Born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 1, 1875, into a well-to-do family,Edgar Rice Burroughswas given an aristocratic private education. But though he tried his hand at several business ventures, he was drawn more to an itinerant life of adventure than to a life in the boardroom.In 1912, after many failed business ventures, the thirty-five-year-old Burroughs published his first story, ';Under the Moons of Mars,' in the pulp magazineAll-Story. It was so successful that he turned soon thereafter to writing full-time. He would write nearly 70 novels and numerous short stories before his death in 1950. Although best-known for his immensely popularTarzanserieshe later bought an estate near where the films were shot in Southern California that he named TarzanaBurroughs didn't confine himself to a single genre, also writing medieval romances, westerns, and mainstream novels.Among his many science-fiction works, Burroughs wrote eleven novels in the John Carter of Mars series, the titular final installment of which was published fourteen years after his death in 1950.
| ISBN: | 9781435160422 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2015 |
| Author: | Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |