J. G. HUCKENPHLER - Thanks very much for contributing a Tarzan chronology outline. I found your article very interesting and am very very glad you have broken your silence on the subject. Please don't feel you are infringing on Alan or myself, we value your input.
I can't agree with you on the placement of Tarzan And The Forbidden City. [The fact that Paul d'Arnot is referenced to as "Captain" clearly puts it before The Son Of Tarzan, in which he is an admiral."] In real life, this is probably nothing more than a mistake on the quick writing ERB's part. In our play world, however, it is something more. Someone before, I can't remember who without researching, offered the theory that D'Arnot may have done something that cost him rank. The reason I don't feel Tarzan And The Forbidden City follows The Return Of Tarzan is because of the cast of characters.
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| John Colman Burroughs |
When ERB writes he ties the books together by their characters. Tarzan Of The Apes, The Return Of Tarzan, The Beasts Of Tarzan, and The Son Of Tarzan are tied together because of D'Arnot.
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| Roy G. Krinkle |
The Return Of Tarzan, The Beasts Of Tarzan, The Son Of Tarzan, and Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar are tied together because of Busuli.
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| The Tarzan Series |
The Beasts Of Tarzan, The Son Of Tarzan, and Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar are tied together because of Mugambi.
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| The Tarzan Series |
The Son Of Tarzan, Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar, The Mad King, The Eternal Lover, Tarzan The Untamed, and Tarzan The Terrible, are tied together because of Jervis.
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| The Tarzan Series |
Tarzan The Untamed, Tarzan The Terrible, and Tarzan And The Golden Lion are tied together because of old Muviro.
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| The Tarzan Series |
Tarzan And The Golden Lion and Tarzan And The Ant Men are tied together because of Usula.
Tarzan And The Golden Lion, Tarzan And The Ant Men, Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins, Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle, Tarzan And The Lost Empire, Tarzan At The Earth's Core, Tarzan The Invincible, Tarzan Triumphant, Tarzan And The Leopard Men, Tarzan And The City Of Gold, and Tarzan And The Lion Man are tied together because of Jad-bal-ja, the lion.
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| The Tarzan Series |
Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins, Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle, Tarzan And The Lost Empire, Tarzan At The Earth's Core, Tarzan The Invincible, Tarzan The Triumphant, Tarzan And The Leopard Men, Tarzan And The City Of Gold, Tarzan And The Lion Man, Tarzan's Quest, and Tarzan The Magnificient are tied together because of young Muviro.
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| The Tarzan Series |
Tarzan And The Lost Empire, Tarzan At The Earth's Core, Tarzan The Invincible, Tarzan The Triumphant, Tarzan And The Leopard Men, Tarzan And The City Of Gold, Tarzan And The Lion Man, Tarzan's Quest, Tarzan The Magnificient, Tarzan And The Forbidden City, and Tarzan And The Madman are tied together because of Nkima. Let me put this information in chart form so it hopefully will be easier to grasp.
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| The Tarzan Series |
1872-1893 Tarzan Of The Apes D'Arnot
1894-1895 The Return Of Tarzan D'Arnot, Busuli
October 1896 The Beasts Of Tarzan D'Arnot, Busuli, Mugambi
1906-1912 The Son Of Tarzan D'Arnot, Busuli, Mugambi, Jervis
1912 Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar Busuli, Mugambi, Jervis
Oct-Nov 1912 The Mad King (1) Jervis
Spring 1913 The Eternal Lover Jervis
July 10, 1913 The Man Eater Jervis
Aug-Sep 1914 The Mad King (2) Jervis
Jul-Oct 1916 Tarzan The Terrible old Murviro, Jervis
Nov 1916-1919 Tarzan And The Golden Lion old Murviro, Usula, Jad-bal-ja, Jervis
Tarzan And The Ant Men Jad-bal-ja, Usula
The Tarzan Twins Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro
Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro
Tarzan And The Lost Empire Jad-bal-ja, young Murvio, Nkima
Tarzan At The Earth's Core Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan The Invincible Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
1931 or 1932 Tarzan The Triumphant Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan And The Leopard Men Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan And The City Of Gold Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan And The Lion Man Jad-bal-ja, young Muviro, Nkima
The Quest Of Tarzan young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan The Magnificent young Muviro, Nkima
Tarzan And The Forbidden City Nkima
1937 or 1938 Tarzan And The Madman Nkima
1939 Tarzan And The Castaways
Tarzan And The Foregin Legion
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| The Tarzan Series |
To me it is clear Tarzan And The Forbidden City does not follow The Return Of Tarzan because Busuli, Mugambi, or Jarvis do not appear in Tarzan And The Forbidden City. Also, Nkima is a central figure of Tarzan And The Forbidden City but he does not appear in The Return Of Tarzan, The Eternal Lover, or The Beasts Of Tarzan. Also, the apes Gaun and Zutthe which are mentioned in Tarzan And The Forbidden City are mentioned in Tarzan And The Madman. Neither are mentioned in The Return Of Tarzan, The Eternal Lover, or The Beasts Of Tarzan.
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| Tarzan And The Forbidden City |
By the same token, I don't believe The Quest Of Tarzan follows Tarzan And The Golden Lion and is a central character through Tarzan And The Lion Man. Despite this he he has no appearance in The Quest Of Tarzan.
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| The Eternal Lover |
"It's been a while since I read The Eternal Lover, but it seems to me that Part 2 picks up immediately after the end of Part 1, and both would come before The Beasts Of Tarzan."
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| The Eternal Lover |
I agree with you J. G. that The Eternal Lover in book form reads as one story not as Part 1 and 2. The Part 1 and 2 idea is from the magazine publications. It is my belief that ERB begins writing the stories immediately after the adventure comes to a close. The placement of The Eternal Lover depends rather you begin in 1872 or 1888. If you begin in 1872 the young Jackie is Korak's son, Tarzan's grandson. If you begin in 1888 the 1 or 2-year-old child is Tarzan's son, and the year is 1913. If so how was Jack/Korak old enough to fight in World War I in 1914?
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| J. Allen St. John |
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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