After serving a short time in the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, Edgar Rice
Burroughs (1875-1950) was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and
policeman before becoming a full-time writer. Tarzan of the Apes
(1914) and its twenty-two sequels have sold more than twenty-five
million copies in fifty-eight languages. Author of numerous other
jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land
That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned
almost thirty years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being
published in 1941. He died in Tarzana, California, the town named
for his legendary hero.
Gore Vidal was the author of numerous novels-the first, Williwaw,
written when he was twenty-one-as well as scripts for film,
television, and the stage, including the extremely successful The
Best Man and Visit to Small Planet. He is perhaps best known for
his historical novels, including Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), and
Lincoln (1984). He won the National Book Award in 1993 for his book
of essays United States (1952-1992).
Michael Meyer, Ph.D., is a professor of English at the University
of Connecticut. Among his books, Several More Lives to Live-
Thoreau's Political Reputation in America was awarded the Ralph
Henry Gabriel Prize by the American Studies Association. In
addition to The Bedford Introduction to Literature, his edited
volumes include Frederick Douglass- The Narrative and Selected
Writings.
“[Burroughs has] a gift very few writers of any kind possess: he can describe action vividly.” —Gore Vidal
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