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Tarzan and the Foreign Legion Mass Market Paperback – March 12, 1987

by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
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Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
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  1. Book 22 of 24
    Tarzan
  2. Print length
    192 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Ballantine Books
  5. Publication date
    March 12, 1987
  6. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.5 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0345347501
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0345347503
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books (March 12, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345347501
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345347503
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.5 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 81 ratings

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Pierre Tremblay
5.0 out of 5 stars Tarzan at his finest
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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I love mister Burroughs writing at his passing we lost a great writer with imagination. I recommend this book to everyone who enjoys romance and unlimited exitement. OK I admit I read it twice I'm 84 young
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Dixie Palmer
5.0 out of 5 stars I love the Tarzan series and this is one of the ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015
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I love the Tarzan series and this is one of the favorites. Some of the books are a little extreme in an attempt to provide a different or unusual setting, but this one presents Burroughs's best effort at providing a variety of characters rather than his usual cadre of good folks and bad folks. These books are strictly along the lines of early 20th century fairy tales--which is great for me. If a reader wants the current extremes in language, sex, and stunts, these books have only the latter to offer, but they're enjoyable reading.
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Tony.M
5.0 out of 5 stars My Wife and I both love to read
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2015
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My Wife and I both love to read. So, Amazon was the answer! I bought a Kindle for my wife (She now has 2) and I buy all the Hardbacks (Real old school)as the mood carries me. I found the missing editions of books that I was reading in the 60’s and when I Find a new author I can get all the back issues at great prices.
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PZA
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014
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Love these books. Highly recommend all of the ERB Tarzan books. Excellent vocabulary and sentence structure. Excellent characters. If you love scifi or fantasy you will love these.
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Chloe
5.0 out of 5 stars Tarzan
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2011
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Tarzan as always is a literate smart and able character. He is never the hollywood wacko. This like all the books is a good one.
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Edward
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016
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Great book, Fast Shipping
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Eva loc
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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More than pleased with book and time mailed
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David Swan
2.0 out of 5 stars Skip This One
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019
DerivativLike many Tarzan books, this one starts off well but then collapses in a heap. For some reason, Tarzan is flying in a U.S. bomber despite working for the RAF. Their plane is shot down and crash lands in Sumatra where Tarzan and a small group of American G.I’s need to get back to civilization while avoiding various dangers including the Japanese and tigers. Through the first quarter or so of the book, Tarzan’s identity isn’t revealed, and he refers to himself as Col. John Clayton but most readers should be able to tell by his behavior that this is the King of the Apes. I liked this idea and I liked how Tarzan was able to use his jungle skills to keep everyone alive but the book quickly went downhill.

Although the book was published in 1947, it was written and takes place while World War II was still going on. I get that the Japanese were our enemy at the time, but the racism is still extremely cringeworthy. After Tarzans kills a group of Japanese he says, ‘It was not pretty. Soulless creatures in a panic of terror-living robots helpless without their masters. I was careful to pick off those first.’ Later a Jap was described as, ‘short and bandy legged. He had buck teeth and he wore horn rimmed glasses’ What I like about Tarzan, as a character, he that he’s generally above the human fray but in this case he takes great please in killing the Japanese and treating them as sub humans. Tarzan is supposed to be somewhat beyond mere vengeance, particularly over crimes that didn’t personally involve himself.

As the book goes on, it descends into a classic situation where everyone is wondering around the jungles of Sumatra, occasionally bumping into each other. It’s just a mess with way too many characters that aren’t even particularly memorable. Unfortunately, this is how many of the Tarzan books end up. I think Tarzan works best when he’s on his own rather than working with a group of ever increasing size. Burroughs calls on so many of his tired tropes including the beautiful white woman who is the desire of all, particularly non white men. We get something like four or five tiger attacks and several other dangerous animals. It’s just the same old, same old.

This is the last Tarzan book published during Edgar Rice Burroughs lifetime and it’s clear to me that he was completely out of ideas. There are several more books that were published posthumously but I found this one ugly and worthless. Perhaps Burroughs was angry at the Japanese for the continuing war but reading his expressions of hate injected into Tarzan is an insult to the character. I suggest skipping this one because it doesn’t really add anything new to the character of Tarzan and makes him look very nasty and vindictive.
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Mike Brooke
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read ansd quite gripping
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2022
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I liked this story and think it one of his best; very suspenseful. Good the read between your more serious reading
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D. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2015
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Great
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2017
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