Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins

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Title Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins

dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Illustrator Roy G. Krenkel
Country United States
Language English
Series Tarzan series
Genre(s) Adventure novel
Publisher Canaveral Press
Released 1963
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 192 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Followed by Tarzan and the Lost Empire

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins is a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs written for younger readers. It was originally published in two segments, The Tarzan Twins in 1927, and Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion in 1936. These were brought together in 1963 under the title of Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins in the first complete edition.

dust-jacket of The Tarzan Twins (1927)
dust-jacket of The Tarzan Twins (1927)

While the book falls chronologically between Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle and Tarzan and the Lost Empire, and introduces a family that figures prominently in the latter novel, its juvenile status has led to its customary omission from listings of the Tarzan series. Thus Tarzan and the Lost Empire is generally considered the twelfth Tarzan book rather than Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins.

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[edit] References

  • Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 67. 
Preceded by
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Tarzan series
Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins
Succeeded by
Tarzan and the Lost Empire