Tarzan the Untamed, Burroughs' seventh Tarzan novel, was his most controversial because it demonized Germans. Set during World War I, published in 1919, it's about the ape-man's revenge against the enemy invading Germans who destroyed his plantation and killed his wife in British East Africa. An angry and particularly violent story, perpetuating stereotypes of the Germans, meant dwindling book and movie sales in Germany henceforth.
Featured in our collection of World War I Literature
Chapter III: In the German Lines
Chapter VI: Vengeance and Mercy
Chapter VIII: Tarzan and the Great Apes
Chapter IX: Dropped from the Sky
Chapter X: In the Hands of Savages
Chapter XI: Finding the Airplane
Chapter XV: Mysterious Footprints
Chapter XVIII: Among the Maniacs
Chapter XIX: The Queen's Story
Chapter XXII: Out of the Niche
Chapter XXIII: The Flight from Xuja
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