Edgar Rice Burroughs 
The Son of Tarzan 

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fourth Tarzan novel, “The Son of Tarzan” (1917) Tarzan’s son Jack, sheltered from Tarzan’s past by his mother Jane, befriends an Ape on display in London. The ape Akut, an old friend of Tarzan, escapes his captivity and returns to Africa with Jack who kills Akut’s villainous captor. Thus begins a series of adventures that comprises Jack’s coming-of-age and eventual reunion with his parents in the jungle where Tarzan himself learned the ways of survival.

About the author

American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 – 1950) worked many odd jobs before professionally writing. Burroughs did not start writing until he was in his late 30s while working at a pencil-sharpener wholesaler. But after following his call to writing, Burroughs created one of America’s most enduring adventure heroes: Tarzan. Along with his novels about Tarzan, Burroughs wrote the notable Barsoom series, which follows the Mars adventurer John Carter.