A Princess of Mars is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs that follows the heroic exploits of American Confederate Captain John Carter on the planet Mars where he attempts to rescue the Martian Princess Dejah. A Princess of Mars, written a mere two years before World War I, serves as a warning against the growing threat of war, as well as to present important thematic arguments such as the idea that love, not war, is the greatest motivational factor in the world. This novel is the first installment of his Mars Trilogy.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American adventure writer whose Tarzan stories created a folk hero known around the world. His novels sold more than 100 million copies in 56 languages, making ...
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On December 1, 1911, at about eight o'clock in the evening, a thirty-six-year-old man picked up a pen and began to write a story. This man had lived out almost half his life and was, by his own standa...
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It is probably not surprising that a man nearly forty years of age, with a wife and children to support but no real taste for the pedestrian routines of business, should dream of being carried away to...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs