The Tarzan Twins [Hardcover]

Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author), Darrell Schweitzer (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

As vacation time approached, Dick and Doc had become as hard as nails and as active as a couple of manus, which you will know, if your education has not been neglected, is the ape-word for monkeys. Then it was that the big surprise came in a letter that Dick received from his mother. Tarzan of the Apes had invited them all to visit him and spend two months on his great African estate! The boys were so excited that they talked until three o'clock the next morning and flunked in all their classes that day.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809565455
• ISBN-13: 978-0809565450
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,631,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Fun but Flawed Juvinile Novel, November 12, 2005

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M. Baugh "pulpreader" (Sedona, arizona USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tarzan Twins (Paperback)

This long out of print story is a rare treat for fans of Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan wrote two short novellea about Dick and doc, a pair of fourteen year old cousins who visit Tarzan and have jungle adventures.

I am sorry to report that the previous reviewer is not correct. Only the novella THE TARZAN TWINS is included in this edition. Fans can only hope that AEgypan Books will also publish TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS WITH JAD-BAL-JA THE GOLDEN LION in the near future.

I also feel compelled to say that parents may want to use some discretion in giving this book to youngsters. It is true that there is no inappropriate sexual material and the violence is minimal, but there are racially insensitive comments and characterizations aimed at the African characters. I don't believe Burroughs was the racist some reviewers make him out to be, but he was a man of his times, and bought into many of the racial stereotypes common in the early 20th century. Parents who buy this should be prepared to talk with their children about these attitudes. African American parents may want to pass.

Aside from that, the story is fast-moving and exciting. The boys learn about friendship, courage, and self-reliance as they dodge peril in the jungle. It's an adventure many young readers will enjoy sharing with them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Light-Hearted, December 26, 2007

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Anne-Marie Gilliland (Near D.C., USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tarzan Twins (Paperback)

After reading the introduction to the book, and how horribly it did when first released I was prepared for the worst. However, it really isn't that bad. Yes, it does have the usual racial sterotypes that Burroughs often relied on, though there was a sentence or two about how Dick and Doc (the twins) found some of their narrowminded assumptions corrected. Clearly Burroughs was making attempts to correct some of the sterotyping he had done. Even one of the horrible cannibals becomes an almost compassionate character by the end. Which is a huge step from alot of Burroughs' other books.

I enjoyed this book, it was a really quick read, it lacked alot of the physical descriptions that drag down some of the other novels. Tarzan has a breif cameo. And what I really liked was the humour the twins managed to carry through their entire adventure, I am not usually laughing during ERB's novels, (except perhaps at some of the improbable plot devices). It's too bad this edition didn't have any of the award winning illustrations that were mentioned in the introduction.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Super Reader, August 3, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tarzan Twins (Paperback)

A kid's story, to start with.

A couple of boys, both with alliterative names starting with D, are off to visit the jungle. The only problem is when they get there, they get a bit sidetracked, and lost, and the Lord of the Jungle doesn't know quite where they are.

They end up running into a lion, and cannibals, as you do, when lost in Tarzan's Africa. They manage to find a couple of decent local blokes though, and eventually Tarzan tracks them down.