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Official Edgar Rice Burroughs Tribute and Weekly Webzine Site Since 1996 ~ Over 15,000 Webpages in Archive Volume 0571 |
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1940: ERB runs into astronomical problems in his creation of the new "Canapa" solar system in Poloda series. Starts correspondence with Professor J. S. Donaghho of Honolulu |
1917: Starts Little Door (unpublished in lifetime) 1942: Sends thank-you letter to George Carlin who has sent UP war correspondent's credentials 1948: Ed, a staunch Rep.votes for Dewey - as does his entire family, other than Joan and Jim |
1912: Submits TA to The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Reilly & Britton, and Dodd, Mead & Co. (All decline) |
1921: Davis writes that he is returning to Munsey's 1945: Ed is house hunting. Houses are scarce and high priced . . . eventually finds one in Encino in Dec. |
1944: Emma dies of a stroke after a losing battle with depression & alcoholism. Ed views her death as an escape from an agonized life. |
1933: Starts Swords of Mars 1935: Starts Gang Murder 1940: 6-10: Writes Tiger Girl pt 3 of the new Pellucidar series |
1914: Ed's biography appears in the Press Club's publication The Scoop. Ed is admitted to the Press Club 1927: Suggests the cartoon compilation of Tarzan strips be named Tarzan Book No. 1, & others titled consecutively |
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1946:11: After many requests, Ed refuses to buy a horse for Caryl Lee
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1933: LiMstarts as a 9-part serial in Liberty ($10,000 - first time Ed pays commission of $1,500 to an agent). British mag Tid-Bits purchases it for 200 pounds 1934: Flo drives back to Vegas with Ed while Ashton tends the kids |
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1936: Submits an idea for a dice-board game to Whitman. They reject the idea and refer him to Parker Brothers 1943: ERB completes an article reporting on a year of martial law in the Islands 1962: Carol Burnett Tarzan Skit on Jack Benny Show |
1947: Ed turns down an invitation to visit Sol Lesser in Palm Springs, citing health reasons |
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1925: Nov 16: Weird Adventure on Mars (Mastermind of Mars) completed but is rejected by Argosy, Popular Magazine & Elks Magazine
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1921: Starts The Penningtons (GH) Accepted by Munsey's but rejected by McClurg. Titles considered: Shannon, Fetters of Snow, The Snow Slave, The Demon of the Snow, Rancho del Ganado, The Little Black Box - & Davis' suggestion, Needlewoman 1944: Nov 17: Ed and Hulbert board a plane for the States. |
1936: Nov. 16: Writes Argosy to complain about the title change of TaM (renamed Tarzan and the Magic Men) & major revisions in style & content 1940: In a letter to Irene Ettrick, a London fan, Ed expresses his concern over Japan's growing strength, on and off the islands. He believes that there will be war with Japan in weeks |
1916: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar starts in 6 parts in All-Story 1932: LV submitted to Argosy and is accepted after revisions 1940: 18-22: Writes Invisible Men of Mars," pt 4 of new Mars series |
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1931: TI 1st published under the ERB Inc. imprint -Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn. do all printing & binding until 1948. DJ and FP by nephew Studley |
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1888: Tarzan's birth day according to PJ Farmer 1941: IB is completed but rejected by McCall's Red Book and Blue Book as being: "...too gruesome and downbeat a story for us to consider at this time, can't you give us something a little cheerier?" |
1923: Submits Tarzan and the Antmen - based on an idea suggested by Davis
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1925: Emma has gall bladder surgery and later suffers from arthritis |
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1926: Starts Tarzan Twins 1940: Starts Tarzan and the Castaways |
1940: Rothmund sends word that feedback on Tarzan and the Jungle Murders and The Giant of Mars is bad - many fans do not believe that ERB has written them |
1934: Tarzan film expedition sails for Guatemala  |
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1922: CMby McClurg 1948: John Lehti takes over the daily Tarzan strip. |
1929: How Tarzan Kept The Wolf From The Door - bio article on ERB is published in Literary Digest |
1939: Suffers several slight heart attacks  |
1935: Still suffering from bladder obstruction trouble, Ed enters the Good Samaritan Hospital under the name John B. Downs. A long period of convalescence follows. |
1930: TEC by Metropolitan 1933: Flo Dearholt seeks Ed's help in booking passage to join Ashton in Guatemala |
1930: Ed, suffering severe pain from a bladder obstruction, has a series of operations. Epididymitis, involves an inflammation related to the testicles. 2 operations at Hollywood Hospital - Nov and Jan: $2,551.45 |
1934: Dearholt reports casting problems for the Tarzan film. He is anxious to start a treatment on MK 1941: Living Dead appears in Fantastic Adventures ($400.60) |
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