title: Moon Men
author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
description: <DIV><P>Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, <B>Tarzan of the Apes</B>, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including <B>The Land That Time Forgot</B>, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, <B>The Land of Terror</B>, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.</P> </div>
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  **THE WILD ADVENTURES OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS® SERIES**
  
  Swords Against the Moon Men™
  
  CHRISTOPHER PAUL CAREY
  
  COVER ART BY CHRIS PEULER
  
  INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARK WHEATLEY
  
  ![](Images/image00120.jpeg)
  
  For my parents,
  
  Henry Sherwood Carey, Jr.,
  
  and Velma Ruth Carey
  
   **Foreword**
  
  A bit of history might be of interest before reading _Swords Against the Moon
  Men_ , the latest installment in the Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs
  series. In April 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs began writing a manuscript titled
  _Under the Red Flag_ , finishing it in May of that year. The novel was an
  indictment of Communism, about which Burroughs had grave concerns (as
  illustrated in a comment at the bottom of the synopsis of _The Moon Maid_ that
  he wrote to send out to prospective publishers: “This story is anti-communist
  and pro-peace-by-preparedness.”). Burroughs was greatly disappointed that he
  was unable to sell the story, having received eleven rejections from v