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'''Edgar Rice Burroughs''' (1 September, 1875 – 19 March, 1950) was a best-selling [[American]] novelist, best known as the creator of [[Tarzan]], one of the most enduring and endearing characters in popular culture. He also wrote numerous science fiction, crime and mainstream novels and one play.<ref>http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/edgar-rice-burroughs/</ref>

'''Edgar Rice Burroughs''' (1 September 1875 – 19 March 1950) was a best-selling [[American]] novelist, best known as the creator of [[Tarzan]], one of the most enduring and endearing characters in popular culture. He also wrote numerous science fiction, crime and mainstream novels and one play.<ref>http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/edgar-rice-burroughs/</ref>

Despite the continuing popularity of his works today, during his lifetime he attracted little critical acclaim. Indeed, critics have considered his work to be poorly written and chauvinistic, with plots based on incredible coincidences, wooden characters, bad science, too many nested flash backs, and virtuous heroes fighting excessively evil enemies. However, by the 1960's, over 60 of his books had been published, of which more than 50 million copies had been sold. His work is still being published today and a whole new generation of young people are "rediscovering" him, mainly through the efforts of media promotion and motion pictures, such as the animated "Tarzan" by [[Disney]].

Despite the continuing popularity of his works today, during his lifetime he attracted little critical acclaim. Indeed, critics have considered his work to be poorly written and chauvinistic, with plots based on incredible coincidences, wooden characters, bad science, too many nested flash backs, and virtuous heroes fighting excessively evil enemies. However, by the 1960's, over 60 of his books had been published, of which more than 50 million copies had been sold. His work is still being published today and a whole new generation of young people are "rediscovering" him, mainly through the efforts of media promotion and motion pictures, such as the animated "Tarzan" by [[Disney]].

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on 1 September 1875 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the son of a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran. He was educated at several local private schools, including the [[Michigan Military Academy]]. His studies were interrupted by the Chicago [[influenza]] epidemic of 1891, during which time he was sent to his brother's ranch on the [[Raft River]] in [[Idaho]].

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on 1 September 1875 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the son of a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran. He was educated at several local private schools, including the [[Michigan Military Academy]]. His studies were interrupted by the Chicago [[influenza]] epidemic of 1891, during which time he was sent to his brother's ranch on the [[Raft River]] in [[Idaho]].

Upon graduating in 1895 and failing the entrance examination for [[West Point]], he joined the [[7th Cavalry|7^th Cavalry]] as an enlisted soldier, serving in the [[Arizona Territory]]. He was discharged in 1897, having been diagnosed with a heart condition. He later returned to military service, joining the [[Illinois Reserve Militia]] between 1918 and 1919.

Upon graduating in 1895 and failing the entrance examination for [[West Point]], he joined the [[7th Cavalry]] as an enlisted soldier, serving in the [[Arizona Territory]]. He was discharged in 1897, having been diagnosed with a heart condition. He later returned to military service, joining the [[Illinois Reserve Militia]] between 1918 and 1919.

He found work in his father's stationery company in 1899, after a period of drifting and ranch work in [[Idaho]]. In 1900, he married Emma Centennia Hulbert, although they were later to divorce in 1934. He resigned from his job in 1904 and for the next 7 years drifted between a number of poorly paying occupations, including a gold miner, a storekeeper, a police officer in Salt Lake City and another stint as a ranch hand in Idaho. In 1911 he made his breakthrough into the literary world when he began to write for a pulp magazine. At the time, he was 35 and working as a pencil sharpener salesman. His first professional sale was ''Under the Moons of Mars'', serialized in 1912 in [[The All-Story Magazine]]. he took up writing full-time and by the time the serialisation of his first book was complete, had completed two further novels, one of which was ''Tarzan of the Apes''.

He found work in his father's stationery company in 1899, after a period of drifting and ranch work in [[Idaho]]. In 1900, he married Emma Centennia Hulbert, although they were later to divorce in 1934. He resigned from his job in 1904 and for the next 7 years drifted between a number of poorly paying occupations, including a gold miner, a storekeeper, a police officer in Salt Lake City and another stint as a ranch hand in Idaho. In 1911 he made his breakthrough into the literary world when he began to write for a pulp magazine. At the time, he was 35 and working as a pencil sharpener salesman. His first professional sale was ''Under the Moons of Mars'', serialized in 1912 in [[The All-Story Magazine]]. he took up writing full-time and by the time the serialisation of his first book was complete, had completed two further novels, one of which was ''Tarzan of the Apes''.

==References==

==References==

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://edgarriceburroughs.phantombookshop.com/TheLifeofEdgarRiceBurroughs.htm The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs]<br>

* [http://edgarriceburroughs.phantombookshop.com/TheLifeofEdgarRiceBurroughs.htm The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs]

[http://www.erbzine.com/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Museum and Weekly Online Fanzine]

* [http://www.erbzine.com/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Museum and Weekly Online Fanzine]

[http://www.online-literature.com/edgar_rice_burroughs/ Edgar Rice Burroughs @ Online Literature]

* [http://www.online-literature.com/edgar_rice_burroughs/ Edgar Rice Burroughs @ Online Literature]

[[Category:Authors|Burroughs, Edgar Rice]]

[[Category:Authors|Burroughs, Edgar Rice]]