Tarzan and the Foreign Legion

By Edgar Rice Burroughs

While serving in the R.A.F. under his civilian name of John Clayton, Tarzan is shot down over the island of Sumatra in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies. He uses his jungle survival skills to save his comrades in arms, and they fight the Japanese while seeking escape from enemy territory

• Language: English
• Publisher: Otbebookpublishing
• Release date: Feb 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9780575128255

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is the creator of Tarzan, one of the most popular fictional characters of all time, and John Carter, hero of the Barsoom science fiction series. Burroughs was a prolific author, writing almost 70 books before his death in 1950, and was one of the first authors to popularize a character across multiple media, as he did with Tarzan’s appearance in comic strips, movies, and merchandise. Residing in Hawaii at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, Burroughs was drawn into the Second World War and became one of the oldest war correspondents at the time. Edgar Rice Burroughs’s popularity continues to be memorialized through the community of Tarzana, California, which is named after the ranch he owned in the area, and through the Burrough crater on Mars, which was named in his honour.

Reviews for Tarzan and the Foreign Legion

[jjmcgaffey · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really don't know why I like this story so much. Part of it is the characters, certainly; part of it is the setting, and how Tarzan is outside his accustomed stomping grounds; part of it is that it's a WWII story, which I usually enjoy. Whatever the cause, this is my favorite Tarzan story - I've read it at least a dozen times and never get tired of it. The characters are great - every one is distinct and unique, no stereotypes. I like that the American fliers know him first as John Clayton and only later find out that he's Tarzan. They - and the Dutch girl, and the others that join them over time - all change and develop over the course of the story - the most obvious factor being the two romances, but the way they all work to lean what Tarzan can teach them about survival in the jungle is another important aspect. Tarzan does get to exercise his usual talents - fights a big cat (tiger rather than his usual lion) and an ape, rides an elephant, like that. Good story. I'll read it again, I'm sure.