Book description
Asia, vast continent of ancient civilizations and mysterious peoples,
has many corners little known to the rest of the world. One such was the
jungle-hidden heart of exotic Cambodia, where Gordon King, a daring
American explorer, stumbled upon the thousand-year secret kingdom of THE
LAND OF HIDDEN MEN.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose Tarzan tales have enthralled millions, has
written a novel of another such jungle hero that is as exciting, as
adventure-packed and as imaginative as his best. The dangers Gordon King
faced, his rescue of a jungle princess, and his combat against the
perils of the lost city of Pnom Dhek are first-rate Burroughs to the
last exciting line. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950)
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific American author of the 'pulp' era.
The son of a Civil War veteran, he saw brief military service with the
7TH U. S. Cavalry before he was diagnosed with a heart problem and
discharged. After working for five years in his father's business,
Burroughs left for a string of disparate and short-lived jobs, and was
working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler when he decided to try his hand
at writing. He found almost instant success when his story 'Under the
Moons of Mars' was serialised in All-Story Magazine in 1912, earning him
the then-princely sum of 0.
Burroughs went on to have tremendous success as a writer, his
wide-ranging imagination taking in other planets (John Carter of Mars
and Carson of Venus), a hollow earth (Pellucidar), a lost world,
westerns, historicals and adventure stories. Although he wrote in many
genres, Burroughs is best known for his creation of the archetypal
jungle hero, Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950.
