First published in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine, Tarzan of the Apes has gone on to become one of America's most enduring cultural icons. The story of an orphaned child growing up among the apes is here set within its historical and literary contexts, and appendices include readers' letters and selections from related narratives. There's something about the way Burroughs tells stories that makes them great fun despite all the many ways he transgresses modern sensibilities.