A Princess of Mars (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535018296)

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs... John Carter, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches. While attempting to evade pursuit by hiding in a sacred cave, he is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity and lower atmospheric pressure. He soon falls in with a nomadic tribe of Green Martians, or Tharks, as the planet's warlike, six-limbed, green-skinned inhabitants are known. Thanks to his strength and martial prowess, Carter rises to a high position in the tribe and earns the respect and eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas, one of the Thark chiefs. The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, a member of the humanoid red Martian race. The red Martians inhabit a loose network of city-states and control the desert planet's canals, along which its agriculture is concentrated. Carter rescues Dejah Thoris from the green men in a bid to return her to her people.

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN-10: 1535018291
ISBN-13: 9781535018296
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2016
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.28d