Saturday, October 28, 2023

1897 September The Beasts Of Tarzan

DATESeptember 9, 1897
EVENT:  Tarzan, Mugambi, and Beast's friends sailed ten hours to the African coast.              SOURCE:  "sailed ten hours" ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.                                                        CHATIt took Rokoff three days to travel from Jungle Island to the West African shore of Portuguese Angola in his rented steamer. It took Tarzan's canoe ten hours to cover the same distance.
Russ Manning
Russ Manning

DATE:  during the night of September 9, 1897       
EVENT:  They reached shore during the night and Tarzan and the panther hunted.                    SOURCE:  "It was far too dark to distinguish whether they had approached close to the mouth of the Ugambi or not, so Tarzan ran in through the surf at the closest point to await the dawn." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.

Russ Manning
Russ Manning

DATE:  at dawn September 10, 1897                   
EVENT:  At dawn the following morning the apes and Mugambi were led to the kill.
SOURCE:  "Shortly after dawn they awoke and ate again, and then returned to the beach that Tarzan might lead the balance of the pack to the kill." ERB-The Beasts Of Taran.

Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta

DATE:  September 10, 1897                
Event:  Tarzan searched and found the Ugambi River
Source:  The same day.

Joe Jusko
Joe Jusko












About The Author


James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines, over a span of forty-five years. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory) instead of the more excepted date May 1888.


James Michael Moody is also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, and Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022. Swordsman On Unium is going through the publishing process.

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