Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781163329962)

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is a classic adventure novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story follows the legendary hero Tarzan as he embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the treasures of the lost city of Opar. The city is inhabited by a tribe of people who worship the ancient god of the sun, and who possess vast riches in the form of precious jewels. Tarzan, who has previously visited Opar and has a history with the tribe's queen, La, sets out to steal the jewels in order to finance his own adventures. However, he soon finds himself caught up in a web of treachery and danger, as rival factions within the city scheme to take control of the treasure for themselves. Along the way, Tarzan must use his incredible strength, agility, and cunning to outwit his enemies and claim the jewels for himself. With its thrilling action, exotic setting, and larger-than-life hero, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is a classic adventure story that has captivated readers for generations.1918. After a rambunctious youth and series of short-lived jobs including door-to-door salesman, accountant, a peddler for a quack alcoholism cure and finally pencil sharpener wholesaler, Burroughs found his calling as writer. As the story goes, one of Burroughs' duties was to verify the placement of advertisements for his sharpeners in various magazines. These were all-fiction pulp magazines, a prime source of escapist reading material for the expanding middle class. Burroughs spent time reading those magazines and decided he could write those stories just as well. He was lucky his first time out and sold Under the Moon of Mars. The Tarzan series followed this and Burroughs was now a full-fledged writer. Now, surrender yourself to Tarzan's exploits in the damp African Jungle, yield to the pull of primitive impulses as your imagination goes back again in prehistoric times, swinging from tree to tree in glorious abandon through the primeval forest or fighting the great cave bear with rude stone weapons. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar will hold you with the same breathless interest, thrills and fascination as any of the previous stories. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN-10: 1163329967
ISBN-13: 9781163329962
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d