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The Son of Tarzan Following the events in The Beasts of Tarzan, Tarzan and his wife, Jane, return to England to raise their infant son, Jack. Now, ten years later, Jane has refused to allow Tarzan to share his past in the jungles with their son for fear of awakening a desire in him to follow in his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is already feeling drawn to Africa, and when one of Tarzan's old friends surfaces, Jack is quick to set out on his own adventure.The Son of Tarzan was originally published as a serial in All-Story Weekly between December 4, 1915 and January 8, 1916. It's the fourth book in the Tarzan series, and is only entry without Tarzan as the main character. Since its initial publication, the book has been adapted to both film and comics. The Son of Tarzan is an adventure novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was written between January 21 and May 11, 1915, and first published in the magazine All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial from December 4, 1915, to January 8, 1916. The story was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg & Co. in March 1917 and has been reprinted numerous times since by various publishers.[1] Plot summary In this novel, for the first and only time in the Tarzan series, the main character is not Tarzan himself but his son Jack, who becomes known as Korak, first introduced (as a baby) in the earlier novels The Eternal Lover (1914/15) and The Beasts of Tarzan (1914). Korak would return as a supporting character in the later novels Tarzan the Terrible (1921), Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922/23) and Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924). The story begins ten years after the conclusion of The Beasts of Tarzan. During the past decade, Alexis Paulvitch, who escaped Tarzan at the end of the last novel, has lived a hideous life of abuse and disease among tribal people in Africa. A European ship finds and brings him aboard. In the months that follow, Paulvitch encounters the ape Akut (whom Tarzan had befriended in the previous story) at one of the ship's stops. Because of Akut's interactions with Tarzan, he is unafraid of white men, and Paulvitch, unaware of the previous relationship, convinces the ape to come with him to England, where he is seized and exhibited against his will for profit.

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Following the events in The Beasts of Tarzan, Tarzan and his wife, Jane, return to England to raise their infant son, Jack. Now, ten years later, Jane has refused to allow Tarzan to share his past in the jungles with their son for fear of awakening a desire in him to follow in his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is already feeling drawn to Africa, and when one of Tarzan's old friends surfaces, Jack is quick to set out on his own adventure.The Son of Tarzan was originally published as a serial in All-Story Weekly between December 4, 1915 and January 8, 1916. It's the fourth book in the Tarzan series, and is only entry without Tarzan as the main character. Since its initial publication, the book has been adapted to both film and comics.

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