him as an evil spirit and attempt to placate him. A few years later when Tarzan is 21 years of age, a new party is marooned on the coast, including 19 year old Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan has ever seen. Tarzan's cousin, William Cecil Clayton, unwitting usurper of the ape man's ancestral English estate, is also among the party. Tarzan spies on the newcomers, aids them in secret, and saves Jane from the perils of the jungle. Among the party is French naval officer Paul D'Arnot. While Tarzan is rescuing D'Arnot from the natives, a rescue ship recovers the castaways. D'Arnot teaches Tarzan to speak French and offers to take Tarzan to the land of white men where he might connect with Jane again. On their journey, D'Arnot teaches him how to behave among white men. In the ensuing months, Tarzan eventually learns to speak English, as well. Ultimately, Tarzan travels to find Jane in Wisconsin, USA where he rescues her from a fire. Tarzan learns the bitter news that she has become engaged to William Clayton. Meanwhile, clues from his parents' cabin have enabled D'Arnot to prove Tarzan's true identity as John Clayton II, the Earl of Greystoke. Instead of reclaiming his inheritance from William, Tarzan chooses rather to conceal and renounce his heritage for the sake of Jane's happiness. Characters in order of appearance John Clayton, Earl of Greystoke Alice Clayton (Rutherford), Countess of Greystoke Captain Billings Black Michael Kerchak Kala Tarzan (a. k. a. John Clayton, Lord Greystoke) Tantor Tublat Neeta Sabor Bolgani Numa Sheeta Horta Pisah Kulonga Mbonga Bara Arn Dango Manu Terkoz Thaka Mungo Tana Gunto Mirando Munango-Keewati Pamba Professor Archimedes Q. Porter Jane Porter Samuel T. Philander William Cecil Clayton Esmeralda Snipes Porky Evans Jane Porter, Sr. (mention) King Peter Tom Bill Tarrant Hazel Strong Robert Canler Lieutenant Paul D’Arnot Lieutenant Charpentier Captain Dufranne Father Constantine Background Burroughs drifted across the United States until he was thirty-six, holding seventeen consecutive careers before he published stories. He worked as a U.S. cavalryman, a gold miner in Oregon, a cowboy in Idaho, a railroad policeman in Salt Lake City, and an owner of several failed businesses. He decided to write his own pulp fiction after being disappointed by the reading material others offered, and worked in that capacity for four years before his first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published. Tarzan first