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1936: Starts Tarzan and the Elephant Men (sequel to Tarzan and the Magic Men) - rejected by Argosy 1937: 'Two Gun' Doak Flies South written as John Tyler McCulloch - rejected by Liberty, Cosmopolitan, & Blue Book. It is retitled Mr. Doak Flies South but never published. |
1917: Ed, dissatisfied with the motion picture industry and the progress made on adapting his writings, dumps his 10,000 shares of capital stock. |
1916: Ed directs McClurg to dedicate
the forthcoming
The
Son of Tarzan first edition to son Hulbert
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1915: Son of Tarzan runs in 6-parts in All-Story Weekly ($3,000) 1918: Submits a plan to the Dept of Justice - to alert the public to the menace of communism by writing fiction of a future world under Bolshevikism - rejected 1934: Ed files for divorce 1942: Hulbert is promoted to 1st Lt |
1915: H. R. H. the Rider is completed 1929:4: Ed shares his criticisms over the Tarzan strips with nephew Studley. Studley later forwards detailed criticisms to the Metropolitan Syndicate 1942: Departs in morning as war corresp. Flown to Canton Island and on to New Caledonia where he meets naval Lt Thompson - Rochelle Hudson's husband. |
1928: Tarzan and Pellucidar (TEC)
is written (79,446 words). Some or all of the book is dictated to Ediphone
cylinders.
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1941: 7:55 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Old military man is finally in the right place at the right time. Ed & Hulbert watch the attack from the hotel tennis court, at first thinking it a military practice exercise John Carter of Mars by JCB - Sunday feature appears. Wartime paper shortage forces its demise in the spring of 1943  |
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1922:9: GL
in Argosy
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1916: Republic Motor Truck Co. of Alma, Mich convince Ed to write a 1,900-word promotional booklet detailing his experiences on his transcontinental trip - the whimsical An Auto- Biography - the POV of a Republic truck  |
1924: Contacts a Franklin High School (LA) principal asking assistance in revising a current piece of writing - probably Marcia of the Doorstep 
1947: ERB spends the entire day correcting Llana of Gathol page proofs |
1918: Starts The Debt 1930: Washington officially approves a post office at Tarzana 1934:Variety reports the Guatemala Tarzan film will be Tarzan and the Green Goddess. Also considered are New Adventures of Tarzan and Tarzan's 1935 Adventures |
1936: Jack marries Pomona College classmate, Jane Ralston  |
1941: Ed's first of a series of "Laugh It Off" columns appears in the Honolulu Advertiser & Star-Bulletin. He was asked to write this by a military acquaintance at General HQ. Ed is extremely proud of his new role of War Correspondent  |
1892: Superintendent Rogers reports that: "Cadet Burroughs has made excellent progress in his studies during the last three months and is satisfactory in discipline...." 1918: H.R.H the Rider in All-Story  |
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1918: Little Door is firmly rejected by Collier's & later by People's Home Journal.  |
1930: Tarzana, California is officially registered as a city with its own post office
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1925: Submits proposal for a Hollywood gossip column to the Newspaper Enterprise Assoc of Cleveland - nothing comes of it. 1940: Starts Tangor Returns - second in the Poloda series |
1938:19 Heil Hitler! 1-page synopsis, offers a "Suggestion for a story of what a humanitarian Hitler might accomplish for Germany and the World." A Hitler "double" is used in the plot. Studios appear afraid to touch it. |
1936: Submits an idea for a radio show to be called, I See by the Papers Ed planned to play a columnist for the Tarzana Tribune. |
1893: MM Academy reports Ed's continuing
improvement in his studies: Average 89.4%.
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1911: TAforeword
is written after 95 pages of manuscript have been written.
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1949: Nephew Studley Burroughs (57) dies of an embolism following an operation for a hiatus hernia  |
1929: Ed becomes a grandfather with the birth of Joanne Burroughs Pierce at Hollywood Hospital. 1929: Elser promises to follow up on Ed's request to have Webster's and Funk and Wagnall's dictionaries include his bio and the word "Tarzan" in future revisions 1942: Arrives in Sydney, Aust |
1934: Ed and Flo announce engagement at the Gilbert home 1944: Spends first Xmas in 11 years with family. He later meets with Flor & her new husband, Dr. Alfred Chase, & Caryl Lee |
1945: Ed moves into his new home at 5465 Zelzah Avenue, Encino. He paid $14,000 for a two-bedroom house on 1/2 acre. Still weak from his overexertions in the Pacific, Ed now spends much of his time resting |
1946: Ed informs Louise Rogers of the death of his heart doctor - Dr. John Carden who himself has died of angina.
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1939: Bray of McClurg dies. Gould, a McClurg employee and friend of the Burroughs family had persuaded Bray to publish the first Burroughs book, TA |
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1922: Submits a 1,000-word article to the LA Times - gives his views on literary people, collecting, writers of sex stories, and boring books 1929:30 Dancing Girl of the Leper King is completed  |
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1915: Beyond Thirty copyrighted by Street and Smith 1944: Hernia surgery: a month in convalescence.  |
1926: With The Author of Tarzan: An Interview With Edgar Rice Burroughs in Which He Frankly Discusses His Methods and Gives Sound Advice by G.B. Gravatt appears in Writers' Monthly 1941: After the Pearl Harbor attack Ed and Hulbert volunteer for sentry duty on the wharf at Honolulu Tuna Packers. Later Ed escorts "enemy aliens" to the Immigration Station. The march almost kills him. |
1918: Out of Time's Abyss in Blue Book 1946: Submits Night of Terror unsuccessfully a retitled version of the old 1943 More Fun! More People Killed rejected & unpub. 1927: Ed writes a home movie script, a silent slapstick melodrama, called Tarzan Pictures Presents 'Them Thar Papers' Cast included all family members, James Pierce and Joan's friend Florence |
1949: Ed suffers a serious heart attack and is placed in an oxygen tent. 
1940: Ed and Florence move to the Niumalu Hotel 1941: In the 2,800-word article "Came the War" Ed describes his and Hulbert's activities during and after the Japanese attack. |
1895: Ed on championship team of the year: listed as: "Captain-QB, Height 5-10, Weight 165, Age 20 yrs, 4 mos." - Lt E. R. Burroughs heads a group of 11 editors of The Adjutant 1904: Ed tries a series of jobs: a high-rise timekeeper, book salesman, a seller of electric light bulbs to janitors and candy to drugstores, accountant, office manager, etc |
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