The Land That Time Forgot
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradley replied. “You see the result, sir,” he said. “It might have been a very different result for Miss La Rue, but We were all asleep. Benson had relieved the guard early in the evening; there was no one to watch him except Miss La Rue. She felt the submergence of the boat and came out of her room to investigate. She was just in time to see Benson at the diving rudders. When he saw her, he raised his pistol and fired point-blank at her, but he missed, and she fired—and didn’t miss. The two shots awakened everyone, and as our men were armed, the result was inevitable, as you can see, but it would have been very different had it not been for Miss La Rue. It was she who closed the diving tank sea-cocks and roused Olson and me and had the pumps started to empty them.”
And there I had been thinking that through her machinations, I had been lured to the deck and my death! I could have gone on my knees to her and begged her forgiveness—or at least I could have, had I not been Anglo-Saxon. As it was, I could only remove my soggy cap and bow and mumble my appreciation. She did not reply—only turned and walked rapidly toward her room. Could I have heard right? Was it a sob that came floating back to me through the narrow aisle of the U-33?
Benson died that night. He remained defiant almost to the last; but just before he went out, he motioned to me, and I leaned over to catch the faintly whispered words.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his prolific output in adventure, science fiction, and fantasy. He is best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, but he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.
Tarzan was immediately famous, and Burroughs capitalized on it in every possible way, including a syndicated comic strip, films, and merchandise. Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters today and is a cultural icon. Burroughs’s California ranch is now the centre of the Tarzana neighbourhood in Los Angeles, named after the character. Burroughs explicitly supported eugenics and scientific racism in both his fiction and nonfiction; Tarzan was meant to reflect these concepts.
Biography
Early life and family
Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago (he later lived for many years in the suburb of Oak Park), the fourth son of Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833–1913), a businessman and Civil War veteran, and his wife, Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840–1920). His middle name is from his paternal grandmother, Mary Coleman Rice Burroughs (1802–1889).
Burroughs was almost entirely of English ancestry, with a family line in North America since the Colonial era.
Through his Rice grandmother, Burroughs was descended from settler Edmund Rice, one of the English Puritans who moved to Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 17th century. He remarked, “I can trace my ancestry back to Deacon Edmund Rice.”
Later life
By 1911, around age 36, Burroughs began to write fiction after seven years of low wages as a pencil-sharpener wholesaler. By this time, Emma and he had two children, Joan (1908–1972) and Hulbert (1909–1991). He had copious spare time during this period and began reading pulp-fiction magazines.
In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–1979), later known for his illustrations of his father’s books.
In the 1920s, Burroughs became a pilot, purchased a Security Airster S-1, and encouraged his family to learn to fly.
Daughter Joan married Tarzan film actor James Pierce. She starred with her husband as Jane’s voice from 1932 to 1934 for the Tarzan radio series. The pair were married for over forty years, separated only by her death in 1972.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
