Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs

My son is 11 now, and likes to read. I've introduced him to some of books that were my favorites when I was a kid (Mad Scientists Club, The Great Brain, The Red Fern) and for the most part they've been well received.

One of my favorite reads was Tarzan of the Apes. When I was his age, Tarzan Theater played every Sunday morning on channel 20 (in the DC Metro area). No cable of course, just the anntenna on top of the house.

Watching those flicks, mostly in black and white, was a favorite past time for me and my friends. Mainly I remember Johny Weissmuller, although I can think of a couple of other actors who played Tarzan whose names I don't know.

I think I was about his age, maybe a year or two older, when I discovered Tarzan came from books. Edgar Rice Burroughs to be specific, who also wrote a great many other adventure novel series: John Carter of Mars and Pellucidar to name two.

Rather than track down the full series of 24 Tarzan books, I decided to get the first one to see if he liked it. Now bear in mind Tarzan was written in 1914, so it has some language and societal idiosyncrysies. It took him a few chapters to get into it, but once Tarzan was being raised by the apes, he was hooked.

I went ahead an ordered the rest of the series, but I go it off eBay instead of Amazon.