A Princess of Mars was initially published under its original title Under the Moons of Mars in All-Story Magazine in 1912. That appearance in print marked the commencement of the writing career of author Edgar Rice Burroughs (best known as the...
The legend of Tarzan was born from desperation and boredom. Edgar Rice Burroughs desperately wanted to be a writer, but had run through a long list of miscellaneous jobs: railroad cop, storekeeper, gold prospector, lightbulb peddler, and even...