Tarzan and the Lion Man

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Tarzan and the Lion Man
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Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Illustrator J. Allen St. John
Country United States
Language English
Series Tarzan series
Genre(s) Adventure novel
Publisher Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Publication date 1934
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 318 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by Tarzan and the City of Gold
Followed by Tarzan and the Leopard Men

Tarzan and the Lion Man is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventeenth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Liberty from November, 1933 through January, 1935.

[edit] Plot summary

Tarzan discovers a mad scientist with a city of talking gorillas. To create additional havoc, a Hollywood film crew set to shoot in Africa brings with them an actor who is an exact replica of the ape man himself, albeit the opposite in courage and determination.

[edit] References

  • Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 67. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 133. 
Preceded by
Tarzan and the City of Gold
Tarzan series
Tarzan and the Lion Man
Succeeded by
Tarzan and the Leopard Men