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The Return of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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Edgar Rice Burroughs is the American writer who created the legendary characters Tarzan, the jungle hero, and John Carter, the heroic adventurer of Mars.  Burroughs wrote almost 80 novels in total.  This version of Burroughs The Return of Tarzan includes a table of contents.
Available since: 08/11/2018.

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