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A Princess of Mars

Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
180 pages
ISBN
9781909676152
Published
15 May 2013
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Princess of Mars
  • pulp fiction
  • science fantasy
  • planetary romance
  • adventure
  • aliens
  • extra terrestrials
  • Martians
  • space travel
  • voyage

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Description

John Carter, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches. While attempting to evade pursuit by hiding in a sacred cave, he is mysteriously transported to Mars, called Barsoom by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity. He soon falls in with a nomadic tribe of Green Martians, or Tharks.

Author

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) invented Tarzan and John Carter and then refused to stop inventing. Jungle, Mars, Pellucidar, lost cities: he built a pulp engine that made adventure unapologetic and wildly popular. Tarzan leapt from novels into comics, film, and merchandising until the ape-man became a global icon; Barsoom gave science fantasy a desert romance and a swordsman's swagger.

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