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movie opened on Broadway starring Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. It was one of the first movies to gross over
$1,000,000. Burroughs was able to move his family to the San Fernando Valley in 1919, converting a
huge estate into Tarzana Ranch. He was in Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and remained in Hawaii as a
war correspondent. During World War II he became a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and at
age 66 was the oldest war correspondent covering the South Pacific theatre. Afterward he returned
home with a heart condition. On March 19, 1950, alone in his home after reading the Sunday comics in
bed, he died. By then he had written 91 novels, 26 of which were about Tarzan. The man whose books
have sold hundreds of millions of copies in over thirty languages once said "I write to escape ... to
escape poverty".

Tidbits

• Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once said that Burroughs was his favorite author.
• The city of Tarzana, California, where Burroughs spent the last years of his life, was named in
honor of his most famous creation, Tarzan.
• He is pictured on a "forever" USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 17 August 2012 in
Tarzana, California. The initial issue price was 45¢.
• Upon his death, his remains were interred under the walnut tree at the Burroughs Office
Building in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Burroughs’ books are estimated to have sold hundreds of millions of copies, and they have spawned
60 films and 250 television episodes. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2003.

Note: He is one of all-time my favorite authors, and I think I have read nearly all of his books. I currently
own 26 of his Tarzan and Mars soft cover books and, during my lifetime, have probably seen almost all
the movies and TV series that originated from his stories.

References:
1. Relative Finder, associated with FamilySearch, and the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS)
2. Wikipedia.org
3. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs
4. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123194/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
5. Learn more – Edgar Rice Burroughs Documentary
6. LDS Family Tree attached

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