Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Writer Of Earth...


Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan the Ape Man, John Carter, Warlord of Mars and many other memorable, classic characters was born today in Chicago, a hundred and thirty four years ago. He lived for three quarters of a century and contributed volumes to American literature about what twentieth century adventure would be perceived as...

Along with Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, Burroughs has been used by Disney in the parks and films(both past and future) enough to have carved out quite a bit of Disney history...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Burroughs.

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