Dste: September 1, 1884, through December 31, 1884
Event: Tarzan finds pencils in his father's cabin and learns to produce letters.
Source: "Age twelve," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
Chat: Since ERB offered no data, any added would be theory only. Regardless a framework of some sort needs to be applied so a timeline can be established. Once again depending on the Burroughs Family Genealogy to provide a working date for the ape boy finding pencils. That date needs to be on or after September 1, 1884, through August 31, 1885. I have always found that the earlier is always better. Searching the Burroughs Chronology we discover the author Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875. September 1 fits ERB's description perfectly so I will use it as a working date until a more researched one is supplied.
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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