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Tarzan, his monkey friend Nkima, and Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors prevent Soviet communists from looting the lost city of Opar..
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A fairly standard adventure in which Tarzan prevents the sacking of Opar and saves La.
When Tarzan tried to stop some greedy tyrants in Opar, an ancient outpost of Atlantis, he was captured by a merciless band of warrior priests who yearned to sacrifice him on the bloody altars of the Flaming God. It took Tarzan's most magnificent display of nerve, courage, and raw animal power to free himself and vanquish his enemy.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago. His father, George Tyler was a distiller and a battery manufacturer. Early in life Burroughs attempted to support his family in a variety of occupations, including railroad policeman, business partner, and miner. None of these proved successful. However, Burroughs had always enjoyed show more reading adventure fiction and decided to try his hand at writing. His first attempt, written under the pseudonym Normal Bean, sold very quickly and Burroughs' career took off. Although critics and educators have not always been supportive of Burroughs' writing, the characters in his stories have entertained readers for many years. Tarzan was the most popular, earning Burroughs enough money to start his own publishing house and a motion picture company. Another character, John Carter, is the hero of Burroughs' Mars adventure series. The continuing popularity of these characters has led some critics to reconsider the value of Burroughs' writing and to acknowledge significant themes in his stories. Burroughs died on March 19, 1950. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Tarzan the Invincible
- Original title
- Tarzan the Invincible
- Original publication date
- 1930-10; 1931-11-20
- People/Characters
- Tarzan; La of Opar; Nkima; Jad-bal-ja; Zora Drinov; Comrade Peter Zveri (show all 7); Wayne Colt
- Important places
- Opar
- First words
- I am no historian, no chronicler of facts, and, furthermore, I hold a very definite conviction that there are certain subjects which fiction writers should leave alone, foremost among which are politics and religion.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)A curve in the trail hid them from the sight of the others as he took her in his arms and drew ger lips to his.
- Original language*
- English
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- 10 — Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 25
- ASINs
- 36
