 Dust-jacket illustration ofTarzan 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 |
Tarzan and the Madman is a novel by American writerEdgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-third in hisseries of twenty-four books about the title characterTarzan. Written from January to February 1940, the story was never published in Burroughs' lifetime.[2][3] The book was first published in hardcover byCanaveral Press in June 1964 and in paperback byBallantine Books in February 1965.[3][4][5]
Tarzan tracks down a man who has been mistaken for him. The man is under the delusion thathe is Tarzan, and he is living in a lost city inhabited by people descended from early Portuguese explorers. Burroughs had previously employed the plot devices of a lost city and a Tarzan double or impostor in earlier Tarzan novels.
| Preceded by | Tarzan series Tarzan and the Madman | Succeeded by |
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