Date: September 1, 1889, through September 1, 1890
Event: Tarzan learned to read the child's primer and fully realized the purpose of letters. He also realized he was a man and not a Mangani.
Source: "Age seventeen," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Burne Hogarth |
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.
Date: September 1, 1887, through September 1, 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.
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| Burne Hogarth |
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.
Date: September 1, 1885, through September 1, 1886
Event: Tarzan kills Tablat, his foster ape father, and Kerchak begins to see the ape boy as a threat to his kingship.
Source: "Age thirteen," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Burne Hogarth |
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.
Date: September 1, 1884, through September 1, 1885
Event: Tarzan finds pencils in his father's cabin and learns to produce letters.
Source: "Age twelve," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Cynthia Shepherd |
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.
Date: September 1, 1882 through September 1, 1883
Event: Tarzan began to realize he was different than the Mangani. The ape boy becomes the greatest trickster of the tribe. Tarzan managed to enter his father's cabin for the first time. He killed Bolgani, the gorilla, after being attacked.
Source: "Age ten," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Joe Jusko |
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.
Date: September 1, 1881 through September 1, 1882
Event: Tarzan learns to fashion a rope and learns the art of lassoing.
Source: "By the time Tarzan was ten," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Zdenek Burian |
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.
Date: March 1873
Event: Tarzan puts his inky fingers on a page in his father's diary.
Source: "Six months old," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Burne Hogarth |
Date: September 1, 1873
Event: Lady Alice dies.
Source: "A year to the day after her baby's birth," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Joe Kubert |
Date: September 2, 1873
Event: The last entry in Clayton's diary. The Englishman is killed by Kerchak and Kala adopts Tarzan.
Source: "The morning following her death," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.
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| Burne Hogarth |
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.
