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FEATURE 1: ERBzine 1153
ERB References for the 
THE APACHE NOVELS I
The War Chief ~ The Apache Devil
Ed Burroughs drew upon his personal experiences from when he served as a trooper
with the U.S. 7th Cavalry at Fort Grant, Arizona -- but -- 
since his Cavalry adventures took place 30 years earlier,
to fill in gaps in his recollections he turned to his library to fill in details.
Last month we shared a list of books and periodicals in
the ERB Bio Time Line, which Ed cited as being the primary references he used in
the writing of his Apache novels. 
We have completed our research on these volumes and
the results are now displayed in this week's feature article. 
 http://www.erbzine.com/mag11/1153.html
 
FEATURE 2: ERBzine 1154
ERB References for the 
THE APACHE NOVELS II
The War Chief ~ The Apache Devil
http://www.erbzine.com/mag11/1154.html

FEATURE 3: CUSTER'S LAST BATTLE
By Captain Charles King
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Aug. 1890
King was ERB's Commandant at the Michigan Military Academy ~ 
The celebrated Indian fighter and writer was a role model for the young cadet 
and perhaps the biggest influence on Burroughs' writing style and 
his lifelong fascination with the military.
 http://www.erbzine.com/craft/king1.html


From Danton Burroughs and The Offical John Colman Burroughs Website
www.JohnColemanBurroughs.com
This week's feature from the TARZANA TREASURE VAULTS
http://www.johncolemanburroughs.com/mag/

Danton Burroughs has unearthed a special collage that his father created and sent to longtime ERB fan Sgt. Frank E. Shonfeld of the British Army on April 21, 1941. This was done at the request of ERB, then living in Hawaii, to show his appreciation for Shonfeld's support over the years. The collage features some of the major ERB characters that JCB had illustrated: Tarzan ~ John Carter ~ Dejah Thoris ~ Tars Tarkas ~ David Innes. Shonfeld's legacy as an ERB super fan carries on today as the annual ECOF Convention was instigated in his honour. This rare item is this week's feature at the John Coleman Burroughs Tribute site.
 

The dedication on the artwork reads: 

"Best Regards and Lots of Luck
to Sgt F. E. Shonfeld
from John Coleman Burroughs
4-21-41"

Frank Shonfeld established a loose network of pen pals who shared his love for Burroughs, the man and his works. He eventually named this group the Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain of Friendship (ERBCOF). The electronic extension of his original informal group is named in honor of the memory of Frank Shonfeld. ERBCOF-List went into operation in August, 1996. Subscriptions to the List are accepted by moderator Jim Thompson.: http://www.apsu.edu/~thompsonj/erbcof-l.htm


ARCHIVE UPDATES: THE ERB BIO TIMELINE
Danton Burroughs and I spend many hours via long distance phone each week discussing rare ERB and JCB memorabilia that he is uncovering in the Tarzana Archives. Some of this material appears in full Webpage features at the ERBzine.com and JCB.com sites. Countless other interesting tidbits from letters, journals, clippings, articles, etc. find their way to the ever-expanding ERB Timeline bio at:
http://www.erbzine.com/bio/yearsall.html

Interest in this record of daily events in the Burroughs family lives is not limited to ERB fans only, as it provides an historical document of lifestyles, entertainment happenings and news events over the first half of the 20th Century. I'll try to remember to report some of the ongoing additions to biography as they are added. I'll also put the more recent additions in blue font.

A few of the more recent additions from the 1910-1919 chapter:
http://www.erbzine.com/bio/years10.html


April 24, 1917: Ed is anxious to serve in the war effort. His age and family opposition prevent him from enlisting the regular army so he makes plans to join the reserves. In response to his request for recommendation from one of his old commandants at  Michigan Military Academy, Ed receives a letter from William H. Butts, Assistant. Dean, University of Michigan:
“I recommend Mr. Edgar Rice Burroughs as a member of the Officers' Reserve Corps. Mr. Burroughs has all the qualifications of a graduate of MMA,  He left the school one week before graduation on account of ill health. Otherwise, he would now have a diploma from that institution. The school has disbanded and for that reason it does not seem possible to give him a diploma at this date. However, I can recommend him as fully equipped and able to do entirely satisfactory work as an officer. He showed himself very capable as a commissioned officer in the Academy."
September 17, 1918: Ed, at 42, is too old to enter active service and he complains to friend Bert Weston that militia work was "the only military activity which Emma will permit me to indulge in...." 
June 14, 1916: Ed begins "Auto Gypsying" - A 37,000-word diary of a three-month, 6,000-mile automobile camping trip. Ed drives a Packard Twin Six touring car with his family as passengers. Louis Zeibs chauffeurs a three-qurter ton Republic truck outfitted with stove, refrigerator and kitchen cabinet. A trailer loaded with trunks, tents, bedding, tools and a bathtub is pulled by the truck. Other passengers include Tarzan, the family Airedale and "the Jinx" a poltergeist which guaranteed that they have a large dose of bad luck. The first stops are Oak Park - Chicago - Gary - South Bend - Coldwater - Detroit  and back to Oak Park. 
 CAMPS: 1. Gary: Emergency Camp #1 ~ 2. Camp Despair ~ 3. Camp Joy ~ 4. Camp Disaster ~ 5. Misawana: Emergency Camp #2 ~ 6. Camp Branch ~ 7. Eagle Lake Camp ~ 8. HOME
August 7, 1916: Start of California trek: Oak Park - Ottawa - Camp Point - Hannibal - Emporia - Newton - Larned - Dodge City - Ute Pass - Santa Fe Trail - Pikes Peak - Arizona - New Mexico - Mojave Desert - San Bernardino - Los Angeles. 
CAMPS: 9. Camp Fly ~ 10. Rattle Snake Camp ~ 11. Camp Clover-Kings? ~ 12. Camp Thixton ~ 13. Camp Point?: Emergency Camp #3 ~ 14.  Hannibal: Emergency Camp #4 ~ 15. Camp New Bridge ~ 16. Camp Busted Pump ~ 17. Camp Pitt ~ 18. Camp Ev. Luth Trinity School ~ 19. Camp Horseshoe ~ 20. Camp Winwood? ~ 21. Camp Big Wind ~ 22. Camp Raggedy Man ~ 23. Camp Moon 
       August 29: 24. Camp Coyote
       August 30: 25. Camp Hutchinson
       August 31: 26. Camp Mouse
       September 1: 27. Camp Arkansas
       September 2. 28. Windy Camp
       September 3: 29. Camp Jack Rabbit
       September 4: 30. Camp Mosquito
       September 5: 31. Pike's Peak Camp
       September 6: 32. Pike's Peak Camp
See the Joan Burroughs Pierce ERBzine Biography for more stories about this cross-country auto trek:
http://www.erbzine.com/mag11/1102.html

February 3, 1918: The New York Times reports that 60 apes suits have been made from specifications supplied by Darwinian students and Tarzan of the Apes location teams have travelled to Manaos, Brazil - Iquitos, Peru - Banff, Canada and  Louisiana. Gathered at the shooting locations were native huts, 1100 native extras, 40 aerial acrobats, four lions, six tigers, several elephants, and 18 apes. 
December 25, 1918: Crossing car tracks at Cicero Avenue in bumpy snow ruts, Ed slows to first or second gear but a Yellow Cab crosses his path and stops. Ed is not able to stop because of icy conditions and slides into the cab. 
January 4, 1919: Ed, residing at 325 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park,  receives a bill from the Yellow Cab company for damages of  $9.10 for repair to the cab involved in the Christmas Day accident -- repairs to a broken tire shaft and side panel.  Ed replies on January 13 that he will not pay as the accident was unavoidable and he was not at fault.
February 25, 1919: Ed receives a letter from an attorney representing the Yellow Cab company that he must pay them the $9.10 owing for accident repairs. Ed responds that he was not at fault and will not pay... and that he has moved to Van Nuys, California.
1919: Ed receives a painting of the Burroughs family crest which contains a griffin and a tree with deep roots. The motto is ADDAX FORTUN JUVAT which I interpret as "To inspire and give fortune, luck, happiness and wealth in youth"
March 14, 1919: Ed urges old friend Bert Weston of Beatrice to buy ranch sites on either side of the Tarzana Ranch. 
May 8, 1919: Ed informs Bert Weston that he has bought three sheep dogs in addition Tarzan the Airedale: Don, Jack and Lobo.
May 10, 1919: A letter arrives forwarded from 700 Linden, Oak Park, from the American Jewish Congress in Washington, DC  Reuben Fink requests that ERB sign a card endorsing the Jewish Bill of Rights -- an appeal to put a stop to the persecution and discrimination against  Jews -- "a call to justice for the Jew." Recognizing his tolerance and humanity they request his assistance in legitimizing the merits of this document. Ed responds on May 21.
May 21, 1919: ERB writes to the Jewish Congress stating that he is glad to lend his approval to their cause and wishes them all the success in their battle against persecution. The discrimination they face has always aroused his disgust. In fact, he always been perplexed by the intolerance and inhumanity that all religions -- Jews, Christians, Muslims, Pagans, etc.exhibit toward each other.  He finds Clause 6 unclear, however, as he always believed that every alien should be expected to read and write in the language of the country to which they are migrating. 
Summer: 1919: John A. Shea is hired as secretary. 
June 30, 1919: Ed, owner of Packard Touring Car 1-35 #80524 becomes a member of the Auto Club
September 13, 1919: The Institute for the Blind who are selecting books for blind soldiers ask Ed to donate brailing costs -- probably for Tarzan of the Apes. 
September 20, 1919: Ed writes the Institute for the Blind that he is not financially able to pay brailing costs and suggests that since he has already donated rights to his book(s) and that publishers are absorbing costs, that the rest of the costs probably should be covered by the Institute or the Government. He suggests that they ask for further assistance from publishers and newspapers who have run his stories. 
September 30, 1919: The last of a series of letters from the Institute for the Blind who are persistent in their efforts to obtain funding from ERB. They name 18 financial contributors of the 80 authors they have contacted who will pay brailing costs -- including Jack London, Booth Tarkington and Zane Grey. Through the years ERB consistently gives non-profit rights for braille publishing.
November 29, 1919:  Ed and Emma order a Mason & Hamlin Ebony grand piano from Jack Marrill Co., NY at a cost of $900  They had compared this piano to a Steinway and preferred the Mason & Hamlin. 


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Tarzana Ranch: Then and Now ~ 50 Photos
FAREWELL TARZANA: A Final Photo & Verse Tribute


FROM THE ARCHIVE TARZANA RANCH FEATURES IN ERBzine
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An Illustrated Docu-Novel by Bill Hillman starting at ERBzine 1041
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ERBzine 1091 ~ ERBzine 1092 ~ ERBzine 1093
THE STORY OF TARZANA 
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TARZANA ECOF CONVENTION 2002
An Evening With Danton Burroughs 
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NEXT WEEK: July 16 - 22, 2004
Zdenek Burian: Tarzan Artist "discovered" by Caz
More General Charles King Excerpts
Dan Parsons: ERB Artist in the Spotlight
COMING SOON ~ IN THE WINGS
A Brian Bohnett Feature on ERB/King and MMA
Otis Adelbert Kline V: OAK Speaks & Weird Gallery
Bomba the Jungle Boy: The Tarzan Connection Part II
Zdenek Burian: Tarzan Artist I & II
Hal Foster: Mysterious Maiden II Comics Summary
ERB and Buffalo Bill at the Chicago 1893 Columbian Exposition
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Tiger Escapes From Home of Ex-'Tarzan' Steve Hawkes

Tarzana Street Fair ~ Sunday July 11
Ventura Blvd Between Reseda and Crebs
New Autobiography by ERB fans favourite Tarzan Denny Miller

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Interesting article on Mars:
Leaving Home: Sir Arthur C. Clarke on Terraforming
". . . The mirage of Percival Lowell's canals was beginning to fade, though it would not vanish completely until our space probes began arriving in the late 1970's. It was still generally believed that Mars had a thin but useful atmosphere, and that vegetation flourished--at least in the equatorial regions where the temperature often rose above the freezing point. And where there was vegetation, of course, there might more more interesting forms of life--though nothing remotely human. Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian princesses had joined the canals in mythology. . . . " 

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New Tarzan Boxed Set Release ~ Completely Remastered for DVD
with a feature documentary featuring Tracy Griffin
"The highlight of the special features is the new full-length documentary, Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (01h:19m:54s), which was co-produced by Turner Classic Movies. Film historians Rudy Behlmer and Robert Osborne are interviewed, as are Johnny Weissmuller, Jr., Burroughs historian Scott Tracey Griffin, and Maureen O'Sullivan (though hers is not new to this documentary). . . . "  "Thanks to Warner Bros., the best collection of Tarzan adventures ever to grace the screen is now available to own in an appetizing boxed set."
Tarzan and Jane on the Trail to the Suburbs
New York Times Review By Dave Kehr ~  June 27, 2004

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