1888 Tarzan Of The Apes

Date: January 1, 1888, through August 31, 1888

Event:  Tarzan learned various combinations of letters which stood for the pictured figures in his books.

Source:  "Age fifteen," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

Chat: There is not a particular date to this event, but instead it covers the whole year the ape boy is fifteen years old. September 1, 1887, through August 31, 1888.

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.