Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant son, Jack, is kidnapped in London by his old Russian enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch. Following an anonymous call about the whereabouts of Jack, Tarzan himself falls into Rokoff's trap and is imprisoned aboard a ship carrying Jack. Jane, fearing Tarzan was entering a trap, follows him and also finds herself in Rokoff's clutches aboard the ship. Rokoff sets sail to Africa, eventually exiling Tarzan on an island near the African coast and telling Tarzan that Jack will be left with a cannibal tribe and raised as one of their own.
Using his jungle skill and primal intelligence, Tarzan wins the help of Sheeta, the vicious panther, a tribe of great apes led by the intelligent Akut, and the native warrior Mugambi. With their aid, Tarzan reaches the mainland, kills Rokoff, and tracks down his wife and son. Paulvitch, the other villain, is presumed dead, but manages to escape into the jungle.
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The third book in the series.
Originally serialized in "All-Story Cavalier" magazine in 1914.
First Book Edition: A. C. McClurg in 1916. J. Allen St. John made the wraparound cover, frontispiece, title page and many interior b/w line drawings.
First Reprint Edition: A. L. Burt: 1917. With all the artwork of the first edition.
We followed the A. L. Burt edition with the addition of one extra illustration by Frank Frazetta from the Ace Books edition of 1963.
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