I had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a young girl in school but we didn't read this book, which is the first of the series. I now know and understand why. It is highly inappropriate for young minds. In this modern age reading it, I found myself slightly offended at times. Too much mentio...
I'm not sure why this one was marked fantasy, but, whatever works. : ) Burroughs is always a fun read. I can't decide if Capt. John Carter is just lucky or if he really is that good. A little of both I think.
Good story, but I don't think I'm a fan of Twain's writing style.
The first in the John Carter books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, this is typical of his writing and pulp fiction of last century. Many chapters end on a cliffhanger as this was written for serialization. Action and adventure abound.I love this stuff: it's simple fun story-telling that doesn't pretend to ...
John Carter, a veteran of the American Civil War is prospecting for gold when he and his partner encounter Apaches. He escapes them by entering a sacred cave but immediately succumbs to a strange drowsiness. When he wakes up, he’s on Mars, a dying world known to the locals as Barsoom. There, he is a...
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