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The interesting thing about this book, in bigger context, is the enormous industry it started. ERB turned into a shrewd businessman, and made many, many millions off of the writing business Tarzan started. Tarzania, California wasn't jsut named after tarzan, for example, ERB bought the huge block of land off the proceeds of his writings and used it as a real estate development, for which he got millions. . . (and that was back when gold was either $20.67 an ounce or $35 an ounce. In today's dollars, figure somewhere between 10 and 20 times the amount.)
Totally unheard of for a pulp author of the times.
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