In an unusual twist for a Tarzan story, real-life Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is used as a minor character in the novel, though he remains in Moscow and does not personally take part in the action.
Professor Lafayette Smith and Danny “Gunner” Patrick were products of two opposite poles of society; they were a strange pair to be thrown together on safari in Africa. But they had more in common than Lady Barbara Collis and Jezebel. Each of the four was the result of an environment and heredity totally foreign to that of the others. How Fate brought them together The Lord of the Jungle, Tarzan, against a background of the menacing forces of the evil men of the lawless places. You will lie bound and helpless in the village of Dominic Capietro, the white slave raider; you will hear the staccato roll of a Chicago gangster’s sub-machine gun splitting the silence of an African night; and through it all you will witness the unfolding of the surprising love stories of two beautiful women.
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ERB commenced writing in February 1931 ~ working title: "Tarzan and the Raiders".
First Published in "Blue Book Magazine": 1931 October-December; 1932 January - March under the title: "The Triumph of Tarzan" serialized in six parts. Laurence Herndon: covers in Oct. and Dec. issues ~ Frank Hoban: many interiors.
First Book Edition: "ERB Inc. Tarzana": September 1, 1932; 318 pages ~ Print Run: 15,728. Art: Studley Burroughs: Cover and five interiors.
We followed this 1932 first edition.
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