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Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs is the sixth book about the Lord of the Jungle. Even though this is the sixth book about a character with an established history, it is a prequel.
My rating for Jungle Tales of Tarzan — 3
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Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a collection of short stories which tell of the adventures of Tarzan before he met any white people. As the other books, these tales are very readable and make for a quick read.
The stories are loosely related to one another and most of them are told in chronological order. In these stories Tarzan learns to love, develops religion, and philosophizes about the moon. Meanwhile, our prolific ape-man analyzes himself in relation to the other jungle animals in general, and specifically apes.
The book is filled with fights, it seems Tarzan fights a representative of every jungle animal he encounters as well as the Gomangani tribe. The novel is filled with fast paced action and good characterization.
For the modern reader however, the book will seem racist – that is because it is. The author’s bias towards the Africans is notable in almost every story which they appear in especially in Tarzan’s almost enthusiastic (psychotic?) violence towards them.
I gave the book 3 out of 5 stars as an average for the stories, some are better than others as is the case in many such books. The star of the book is the land of Africa which Burroughs manages to describe and realize superbly.
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