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The pair then flees into the deep African jungle where two decades earlier Tarzan himself had been raised. Jack Clayton, now on his own, becomes known as Korak the Killer and builds a reputation for himself in the jungle. Like his father before him, he finds his own place among the great apes, and also like his father, meets and rescues a beautiful young woman, Meriem, the daughter of a Captain in the French Foreign Legion, who was also a Prince (Prince de Cadrenet), named Armand Jacot. |
On March 12, 1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to McClurg, complaining that the dedication for "The Son of Tarzan" had been left off the newly published book.
Joseph Bray, of McClurg, was just as businesslike, writing an answer to ERB's letter just five days later -- March 17 -- probably within a day after receiving it.
ERB had written: "I was very much pleased with the appearance of the book. In only one thing was I disappointed and that was that you forgot the dedication. I wanted a book dedicated to each of my children and wrote you in Decmber to dedicate this one to Hulbert Burroughs. Could the error be rectified in future editions?"
Bray replied in his letter: "I have to apologize to you about that dedication. It seems that I clean forgot to make a note of it and give it to the proper persons. Sure, it shall appear in future editions." And it did.
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Summary (blurb from Ballantine edition) Paulvitch still lived and sought vengeance against Tarzan. As part of his plot, he lured Tarzan's young son away from London. But the boy escaped, with the aid of the great ape Akut. They fled to the savage African jungles where Tarzan had been reared. There the civilized boy had to learn to meet the great beasts and face the dangers only his father had ever conquered. But he grew in time into Korak the Killer, almost as mighty as Tarzan. Korak found a friend in Meriem, whom he rescued from a raiding Arab band. Then he discovered that the dangers of the jungle were nothing compared to those devised by men. |
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CAST (in order of appearance)
Alexis Paulvitch aka Michael Sabrov, spent 10 years with cannibals Akut, aka Ajax: Ape King, taken to London by Paulvitch Simpson: cruel sailor on the Marjorie W. who torments Ajax Harold Moore: Jack Clayton's Tutor Jack Clayton: son of Tarzan and Jane, aka "Billings," Korak Jane Clayton: Tarzan's wife, Jack's mom, Tarzan of the Apes: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, Condon: thief who tries to rob Billings (Jack Clayton) Herr Skopf: Hotel proprietor Armand Jacot: Foreign Legion captain, Prince de Cadrenet Achmet-ben-Houdin: marauder chief, amor's nephew, executed by Jacot Sheik Amor ben Khatour: Achemt's uncle, Jeanne's kidnapper Jeanne: aka Meriem, daughter of Jacot, renamed Meriem by Sheik Amor Geeka: Meriem's doll (named for the black who made her) Carl Jenssen, Sven Malbihn aka Mr. Hanson: Swedish poachers/bounty hunters Mbeeda: Arab headman bribed by Swedes to kidnap Meriem Kavudoo: chief of tribe pursuing Jack and Meriem for ransom Hon. Morison Baynes: visitor to the Greystoke estate, Meriem's suitor Muviri: chief factotem at the Greystokes' East African estate Tantor: Korak's elephant pal Abdul Kamak: young ogler of Meriem at Sheik Amor's Ali ben Kadin: Sheik Amor's half-black half-brother Paul d'Arnot: French naval officer in Paris, Tarzan's best friend Cast List Ref: Clark A. Brady's Burroughs
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The long boat of the Marjorie W.
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I. Like a flash the beast wheeled upon its tormentor |
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II. The audience was delighted |
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As the trainer, with raised lash,
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III. Come here, said Paulvitch |
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The killing of the
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IV. The lad, horrified, sprang from the bed. |
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His first night
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VI. The warrior was dead. |
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Akut,
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VII. It was the boy ~ The boy sailed over the lion's head |
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A year had passed
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VIII. The great bulls were dancing in the moonlight |
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