"Tarzan spoke to the old order," says Taliaferro. He is a noble savage, able to teach himself English from a book, able to outsmart any opponent, to escape any trap, defeat any animal - or any human. Tarzan showed them their fears were groundless. With immigration from Eastern Europe reaching a peak, with European colonial empires increasingly under attack, many Anglo-Saxons feared that their supposed racial and cultural supremacy was endangered. The best he'd done was run the stenographic department at Sears.īurroughs' brand of literary escapism found a huge audience at the time, Taliaferro says, partly because of "the great stirring that was going on in American culture, the fear of what was called 'the mongrelization of America.' "
The 37-year-old had failed at almost everything else: railroad policeman, gold miner, rancher. In 1912, the Chicago-born Burroughs submitted "Tarzan of the Apes" to All-Story Magazine, which paid him $700. His outer-space voyages featured naked women and threatened rapes - strong stuff for the sci-fi of the period. "He made money," Taliaferro says, "but he never really hit the jackpot.īurroughs' fantasies were deemed too violent, too sexy for genteel readers. He was one of the first authors to incorporate himself.ĭespite this, Tarzan's creator never really was wealthy - just comfortable. He calls Twoey, his bichon frisé-Maltese dog, vice president of research for his column.There were also the many film adaptations of "Tarzan," of course, beginning with a 1918 silent version and culminating, for many people, in the MGM classics from the '30s starring Johnny Weissmuller.īurroughs pioneered the ways an author could cash in on his own mass-media creations. Jim Willard, a Loveland resident since 1967, retired from Hewlett-Packard after 33 years to focus on less trivial things. Calvin Coolidge - known as Silent Cal - refused to use the telephone (so much for the Hot Line concept).
The turkey is generally regarded as the dumbest domesticated animal. The United States is home to about 300 different types of fast food chains. Victor Hugo - who wrote some gloomy stuff - also wrote, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”.There are twice as many left-handed men as there are left-handed women - and no, I don’t know why.He really meant it when he sang “Sweet Little Sixteen.” Early rock ‘n’ roller Chuck Berry had a degree in cosmetology from Gibbs Beauty College.Perhaps “freezer-seared” would be a better term. Foods that are poorly wrapped or left in a freezer for too long don’t “burn.” They actually dehydrate, causing a loss of color, flavor and texture. “Freezer burn” in a freezer? Doesn’t make sense does it? The term is similar to others in that it’s an oxymoron.He may have resembled some young males that one would see in a singles bar today. I have no info on how well the 26-year-old male responded to his reintroduction to society. Fifteen years later, adventurers captured him and returned him to civilization.
The 11-year-old boy was apparently adopted by monkeys (apes?). In 1868, a young English nobleman named William Mildin was shipwrecked off the African Coast.
“Tarzan of the Apes” was the creation of Edgar Rice Burroughs, but he may have gotten his inspiration for the character from the Fourteenth Earl of Streatham.
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