About this title: In the fourth book of the legendary series, Tarzan's son, kidnapped by his father's archenemy, escapes and, together with an ape named Akut, learns to survive in the jungles, as his father did before him.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 2nd printing
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Ballantine Books, NY
Date Published: (1963)
Description: Good to very good in like wrappers. Paperback. #U2004. Cover by Dick Powers. The 4th vol. in Ballantine's authorized ed. of the Tarzan series. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Some wear and creasing to the covers with mild page toning. Clean, tight copy with an uncreased spine. First Ballantine printing from July 1963. read more
Edition: 18th
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ballantine, N. Y.
Date Published: 1984
Description: Cover Art. Reading Copy. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall. Reading copy is rated from good to very fine.........The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed.... read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. No creases to cover or spine. No marks in book. #4 in series. There is a small mark on front cover. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good Plus. Good to very good condition, with a possible sticker scar at the very top of front, otherwise Very good, clean, bright covers, Pages and text clean and unmarked, with mild tanning. Second printing, Nov. 1963. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good + Paperback. 7h x 4 1/2w. A real nice 222 page second printing 1963 Ballantine paperback. Picture showing is scan of actual book. Ballantine # U2004 with 50c cover. Has some aging and wear but still nice. read more
Edition: Paperback First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace
Description: Very Good. A small chip at top of spine lightly age darkened. store stamp inside. c. 1950's follows the format of the hardcover pub. 1917. read more
"Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE SON OF TARZAN. (n.d.; this edition 1963). ***. Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ballantine Books came out with reprint editions of the Burrough's books in the Tarzan series. I read the first three back then: "Tarzan of the Apes," "The Return of Tarzan," and "The Beasts of Tarzan." The stories got progressively worse as the series went on and I quit. I stumbled upon several more of the series at a library sale and decided I try again. This adventure didn't get any better. In this story, young John Grystoke, Tarzan's son, yearns for the jungles, where his father was raised. A reckless venture brings him to the shores of Africa with Akut the ape, his father's old friend and companion. Akut teaches him the ways of beasts until at last young Greystoke is named Korak the Killer, a fierce and dreaded savage of the jungle - as mighty as his father. During the days of their issue, the Tarzan books were hugely popular boys' books. There were twenty-two of them in all. Plus, there were the movie spin-offs. My favorite was Buster Crabbe as the lead. You read these as a sort of nostalgia, even though it gets painful in spots."
"While this book is definitely of the Tarzan series, it wasn't quite as good as the first three. I did like it, but was hoping for more Tarzan in the book itself. I still think it's a must read for Tarzan fans."
"Tarzan and Jane continue their legacy through their son. Will he survive the jungle or not? Not quite as compelling as the first two books, and yet I have read it at least 5 times! Burroughs writing is so unique that you get stuck on having books that are written with this kind of structure."
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