DATE: July 31, 1911 EVENT: Jack/Korak raids Kovudoo's village. SOURCE: "After Jack/Korak had left the village of the blacks following his last thieving expedition, the screams of his victim and those of the other women and children had brought the warriors in from the forest and the river." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
"A distant village of blacks had furnished her with a mantle of fur and feathers, with copper ornaments, and weapons, for Korak would not permit her to go unarmed, or unversed in the use of weapons he stole for her." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
"Great was the excitement and hot was the rage of the men when they learned that the white devil had again entered their homes, frightened their women and stolen arrows and ornaments and food." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
DATE: July 31, 1911
EVENT: Jeanne/Meriem is captured by a Mangani king but Jack/Korak rescues her and kills her captor.
SOURCE: "Then he stooped and lifting the girl to his shoulder waddled off through the jungle." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
CHAT: It is here that ERB informs us that for the first time, Jack/Korak realized he was in love with Jeanne/Meriem. "He knew then that little Meriem was his world - his sun, his moon, his stars - with her going had gone all light and warmth and happiness." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
"Now, indeed, was he looking upon her through new eyes - the eyes of a man looking upon a maid." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
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DATE: July 31, 1911
EVENT: Jack/Korak defeats a Mangani challenger and becomes king. Jack/Korak gives the kingship to Akut.
SOURCE: "There is your king." he said. ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
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DATE: July 31, 1911
EVENT: Akut goes to live with the Mangani. Jack/Korak and Jeanne/Meriem plan to live away from the tribe, but close by.
SOURCE: "We will live near you," he said, at last. ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
"When you change your hunting ground we will change ours, Meriem and I, and so remain near you; but we shall not dwell among you." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
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DATE: July 31, 1911
EVENT: For hours Kovudoo and his warriors trailed Jack/Korak. They witnessed the second battle the white savage had with the Mangani.
SOURCE: "Kovudoo and his men came upon Korak, Akut, and Meriem after the killing of the king ape, the noise of the combat having led them at last straight to their quarry." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
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DATE: July 31, 1911
EVENT: Kovudoo and his warriors kidnap Jeanne/Meriem.
SOURCE: "Kovudoo, realizing the danger of coming to close quarters with these mighty ape-men, seized Meriem and called upon his warriors to retreat." ERB-The Son Of Tarzan.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Over the past forty-five years, Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines. 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 accepted date, May 1888.
James Michael Moody also authorizes the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022, and, Swordsman On Unium published on July 15, 2024.
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