Tarzan and the Madman

Tarzan and the Madman is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-third in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. Written from January to February 1940, the story was never published in Burroughs' lifetime.^[2][3] The book was first published in hardcover by Canaveral Press in June 1964, and in paperback by Ballantine Books in February 1965.^[3][4][5]

Tarzan and the Madman

Dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan and the Madman
Author	Edgar Rice Burroughs
Illustrator	Reed Crandall
Cover artist	Reed Crandall
Language	English
Series	Tarzan series
Genre	Adventure
Publisher	Canaveral Press
Publication date	June 15, 1964[1]
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	236
Preceded by	Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
Followed by	Tarzan and the Castaways

Plot summary

Tarzan tracks down a man who has been mistaken for him. The man is under the delusion that he is Tarzan, and he is living in a lost city inhabited by people descended from early Portuguese explorers. The plot devices of a lost city and a Tarzan "double" or impostor had been used by Burroughs in some previous Tarzan novels.

Notes

1. "Books—Authors". The New York Times: 34. June 4, 1964.
2. Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for Tarzan and the Madman
3. ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA for Tarzan and the Madman
4. Tarzan and the Madman title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
5. Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 133.

External links

• Tarzan and The Madman at Faded Page (Canada)

Preceded by Tarzan and the Foreign Legion	Tarzan series Tarzan and the Madman	Succeeded by Tarzan and the Castaways