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TarzanUniverse
universe100 books1912
Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.
“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
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Start with Tarzan of the Apes →
includes Tarzan, The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, The Tarzan Trilogy, Tarzan and the Martian Legion, Tarzan's Africa / Opar / Khokarsa
McKay, Ryan and KnowltonSeries
series4 books1922
completed
Adventure, set in early 20th century.
Start with The Pathless Trail →
Hearts of ThreeNovel
Jack Londonstandalone novel1916
About expeditions.
The Lad and the LionNovel
Edgar Rice Burroughsstandalone novel1938
About survival, set in our world.
“The text was apparently expanded for book publication, as certain incidentals of the story reflect the political situation of Europe in the late 1930s rather than the mid-1910s.”
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Jungle GirlNovel
Edgar Rice Burroughsstandalone novel1932
About expeditions, set in our world and southeast asia.
Dinosaur SummerNovel
Greg Bearstandalone novel1998
Science fiction, about expeditions and survival, set in mid 20th century.
“Less than fifty years after Professor Challenger's famed journey to the Lost World, America's last dinosaur circus is closing down... but the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin.”
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