Tarzan and the Castaways

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Tarzan and the Castaways

Dust-jacket illustration for Tarzan and the Castaways
Author Edgar Rice Burroughs
Illustrator Frank Frazetta
Country United States
Language English
Series Tarzan series
Genre(s) Adventure short stories
Publisher Canaveral Press
Publication date 1965
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 229 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by Tarzan and the Madman
Followed by Tarzan: the Lost Adventure

Tarzan and the Castaways is a collection of stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-fourth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. In addition to the title story, a short novel, it includes two Tarzan short stories. Of the three pieces, "Tarzan and the Jungle Murders" was written first, in January, 1939. It was first published in the magazine Thrilling Adventures in the issue for June, 1940. "Tarzan and the Champion" was written in July, 1939, and first published in Blue Book Magazine in the issue for April, 1940. "The Quest of Tarzan" was begun in November, 1940 and first published in the magazine Argosy Weekly as a three-part serial in the issues for August 23, August 30, and September 6, 1941. The three stories were gathered together and first published in book form in hardcover by Canaveral Press in 1965. At that time "The Quest of Tarzan" was retitled "Tarzan and the Castaways" to avoid confusion with the earlier Tarzan novel Tarzan's Quest. The first paperback edition was issued by Ballantine Books in July, 1965.

[edit] Stories

  • "Tarzan and the Castaways"
  • "Tarzan and the Champion"
  • "Tarzan and the Jungle Murders"

[edit] Plot and storyline

In the title story, Tarzan is stranded on a Pacific island inhabited by the remnant of a lost Mayan civilization. In the second he confronts an American prize fighter who has come to Africa to hunt the wildlife, while in the third he applies his jungle lore to solving a mystery.

[edit] References

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 133. 
Preceded by
Tarzan and the Madman		 Tarzan series
Tarzan and the Castaways		 Succeeded by
Tarzan: the Lost Adventure
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Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan novels
Tarzan collections
Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919) • Tarzan the Untamed (1920) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1939) • Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins (1963) • Tarzan and the Castaways (1965)
Tarzan short stories
Tarzan's First Love (1916) • The Capture of Tarzan (1916) • The Fight for the Balu (1916) • The God of Tarzan (1916) • Tarzan and the Black Boy (1917) • The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance (1917) • The End of Bukawai (1917) • The Lion (1917) • The Nightmare (1917) • The Battle for Teeka (1917) • A Jungle Joke (1917) • Tarzan Rescues the Moon (1917) • Tarzan the Untamed (1919) • Tarzan and the Valley of Luna (1920) • The Tarzan Twins (1927) • Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-Bal-Ja the Golden Lion (1936) • Tarzan and the Magic Men (1936) • Tarzan and the Elephant Men (1937/38) • Tarzan and the Champion (1940) • Tarzan and the Jungle Murders (1940)
Other jungle adventure
The Cave Girl (1925) • The Eternal Lover (1925) • Jungle Girl (1932) • The Man Eater (1935) • The Lad and the Lion (1938)
Martian series
A Princess of Mars (1917) • The Gods of Mars (1918) • The Warlord of Mars (1919) • Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920) • The Chessmen of Mars (1922) • The Master Mind of Mars (1928) • A Fighting Man of Mars (1931) • Swords of Mars (1936) • Synthetic Men of Mars (1940) • Llana of Gathol (1948) • John Carter of Mars (1964)
Pellucidar series
At the Earth's Core (1914) • Pellucidar (1915) • Tanar of Pellucidar (1929) • Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929) • Back to the Stone Age (1937) • Land of Terror (1944) • Savage Pellucidar (1963)
Venus series
Pirates of Venus (1934) • Lost on Venus (1935) • Carson of Venus (1939) • Escape on Venus (1946) • Wizard of Venus (1964)
Other science fiction
Beyond Thirty (1916) • The Land That Time Forgot (1918) • The People That Time Forgot (1918) • Out of Time’s Abyss (1918) • The Moon Maid (1926) • The Monster Men (1929) • The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw (1937) • Beyond the Farthest Star (1941)
Westerns
The Bandit of Hell's Bend (1926) • The War Chief (1927) • Apache Devil (1933) • The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County (1940)
Historical novels
The Outlaw of Torn (1914/1927) • I Am a Barbarian (1967)
Other works
The Mucker (1914/16) • The Girl from Farris's (1916) • The Oakdale Affair (1917) • The Efficiency Expert (1921) • The Girl from Hollywood (1923) • The Mad King (1926) • The Rider (1937) • Pirate Blood (1970) • Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M (1998) • Marcia of the Doorstep (1999) • You Lucky Girl! (1999) • Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder (2001)