The First and
Only Online Fanzine Devoted to the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs Master of Imaginative
Fantasy Adventure Creator of Tarzan and "Grandfather
of American Science Fiction"
Lost Words A Hypertexted Guide to ERB's
Obscure Articles & Poetry
NOTE As with all our websites, this site experiences
ongoing revision and updating. Submissions and suggestions for revision are
always welcome. Bill
Hillman: hillmans@westman.wave.ca
My Wonderful Military Career
1897 ~ Autobiographical sketch compiled and illustrated by ERB.
Grandma Burroughs' Cook Book
1901 ~ Manuscript for his niece Evelyn
Grampa Kazink and His Flying Machine
One of many tales ERB made up for children but not written down
1905-1908
Only known similar manuscript is:
The Remarkable Adventures of Grampa Kazink, Arabella,
and Sophronia
Date unknown
Out
There Somewhere~ (Influence on ERB) ~ by Henry Herbert
Knibbs
ERBzine
0950 Along
the Shore ~ (Influence on ERB) ~ by Henry Herbert Knibbs
ERBzine
0950 HER FAVORITE UNCLE WAS TARZAN'S "DAD"
Evelyn Burroughs McKenzie
Tarzan Wasn't Her Uncle's First Writing...
Indication of a genealogy manuscript written by ERB in 1900 and
Snake River Cotton-Tail Tales
What Are the Wild Waves Saying? An Evening Lullaby for
the Children ~
A poem by ERB finally published in MINIDOKA
"EARLY BURROUGHS"
Horses and Dogs
89 S.S.S.!
Chicago
The Black Man's Burden ~ Pocatello Tribune 1898
or 1899
The Violet Veil: A Treely True Story ~ 1904-1907
Joan's Pick-Me-Up Song ~ 1908?
O, Yes; It's Getting Thick ~ Chicago Daily Tribune
~ September 16, 1911
Nay, It Hath Not Gone ~ Chicago Daily Tribune
~ February 3, 1914
The Climate and the View ~ Chicago Daily Tribune,
March 30, 1914
To Posterity ~ foreward to "Memoirs of a War Bride
- December 1914
The Contribs of Yesteryear ~ Chicago Daily Tribune,
May 31, 1915
For the Victory Loan ~ Unpublished poem ~ 1919
Little Ol' Buck Private ~ Unpublished ~ 1917-1919?
Sweetheart Eternal ~ romantic poem ~ December
29, 1920
Sweet Rose in God's Garden Above ~ romantic poem
~ December 29, 1920
The Ballad of Texas Pete ~ incorporated into The
Bandit of Hell's Bend in 1924
Hollywood ~ Unpublished ~ 1925
Ghenghis Khan ~ 10-page, rhyming couplets poem
~ 1930
Dear Old Eighty Two-Three ~ while in hospital
~ December 3, 1935
The $ Steamship Cow ~ about a transportation company ~ 1936?
It's Ants ~ Unpublished ~ 1937
Ballad of the B's (ERB referred to himself as
"Big B" & Florence as "Lil' B" ~ 1937
Heil Freddie ~ about friends in Hawaii ~ 1941/1942
A War-Job Striker to a Soldier ~ anti-union sentiments
~ 1942?
What Every Young Couple Should Know
A humorous article on infant care
1908
Little Lessons for Little Learners - 1:
Jonathan's Patience, or How Fortune Came Through Faith
A Sunday School story - date unknown
Selling Satisfaction: An Anecdote by Normal
Bean
An article on business
1911
The Avenger
1912 ~ Forgotten Tales
of Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
For the Fool's Mother
October 3-6, 1912 ~ Forgotten
Tales of Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
From
the Man Who Knows Mars ERBzine
0259 Written February 26, 1913
All-Story ~ May 1913
Tarzan Burroughs Outlines His Plans for
the Future
Letter in All-Story Cavalier ~ August 8, 1914
To Posterity
Introduction for Memoirs of a War Bride by Mary Evaline Burroughs
December 1914
Ben, King of Beasts (evolved into
The Man-Eater)
Film Outline sold to Selig Polyscope
January 1915
Synopsis of a Bum Photoplay
Film synopsis
1915
The Zealots
Movie synopsis
August 31, 1915
Syndication
Article written March 9, 1915
Authors' League Bulletin - April 1915
The Lion Hunter
Comedy film synopsis
August 1915
His Majesty, the Janitor
Film synopsis
August 16-17, 1915
The Prospector
Film synopsis (actually For the Fool's Mother
revised)
August 23-24,1915
Diary of an Automobile Camping Trip
Undertaken in 1916 by the Burroughs Family
An unpublished travelogue illustrated with photos take along the way
June 14 - September 23, 1916
ERB
and His Auto-Biography ERBzine
0030 The Detroit Daily Journal ~ July 22, 1916
The
Tribe of Tarzan Organized Letter written December 20, 1916
ERBzine
0392 All-Story Weekly ~ January 20, 1917
Auto-Biography ERBzine
0030 Promotional Booklet ~ 1916-1917
The
Little Door ERBzine
0034 A WWI propaganda piece
November 17-23, 1917
Came the War (WWI)
Unpublished? - 2,700 words
To the Mother
To the Home Girl
To the Woman on the Town
Patriotic, 400-word open letter articles submitted to newspapers.
Fall 1917
Wanted -- Good Citizens
A call for volunteers for the Illinois Reserve Militia, Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Leaves ~ 1918
What is the Matter with the US Army
WWI Article ~ 1918
Go to Pershing
WWI Article ~ 1918
Do Boys Make Good Soldiers
Article written August-September 1918
Oak Leaves ~ 1918
Who's Who in Oak Park
Oak Leaves - Oak Park, Illinois ~ 1918
How I Became An Author
Chicago Examiner ~ April 4, 1918 ~ Autobiographical article
Patriotism by Proxy
May 22, 1918
Oak Leaves - Oak Park, Illinois ~ May 25, 1918
Home Guarding for the Liberty Loan
WWI Speech delivered at Flag Day exercises
Oak Park, Illinois ~ June 14, 1918
The
Creator of Tarzan ERBzine
1132 The Book News Monthly ~ August 1918
A
National Reserve Army Proposed ERBzine 0031 Army and Navy Journal ~ August 31, 1918
Prominent,
Popular Oak Park Man Honored ERBzine 0062 The Oak Parker ~ Vol. 34, No. 25, Oak Park, Illinois
September 28, 1918
Peace and the Militia
The Oak Parker ~ November 16, 1918 - Article
Paris, December 30 (By Special Cable)
and/or Late News
Daily Reporter - Coldwater, Michigan --
Jan. 1919
The Absurd Quarantine (on hoof and mouth
in San Fernando Valley)
LA Newspaper ~ 1920
I See a New Race
Unpublished? ~ 1920s
Glossary of Hoodlum Language
1920s
The Ghostly Script
Unfinished supernatural story
March 16, 1920 and resumed in October 1930
More Messages from Authors to Dealers
Suggestions for bookstore owners
The American News Trade Journal ~ April, 1921
Beware! Written Aug. 9 - 31, 1921
Published (heavily editedl) as The Scientists Revolt in Fantastic
Adventures - July 1939
Wild Animals
in Pictures
Screenland, June 1922
Creator of Tarzan Speaks
LA Sunday Times ~ 1923
THE
STORY OF TARZANA A booklet from the '20s written and published
by ERB to promote the Tarzana Subdivision ERBzine
1057 Letters from Famous People
Untitled letter
Gregg Publishing Company ~ 1924
The Saddle Horse in Southern California
LA Times ~ January 1, 1925
Out of Time's Abyss
An article for the Urban Military Academy school paper ~ The Urbanite
-
(Hulbert's and Jack's school)
1924-1925
Scopes trial report for the International
Press Bureau & Universal Service
"Evolution held undeniable, says author" ~ news article
July 6, 1925
Notes on a Trip to Mono Creek and Porpoise
Lake
Unpublished travelogue
August 22 - September 1, 1924
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Statement on Mars
London Daily Express - 1926 - Letter
Edgar
Rice Burroughs Comments on His Apache Novel ERBzine
0392 1926 ~ Letter
Article on Colt Pistols
February 17, 1926
Clubs Like the Edgewater a Force
for the Good in the Community
Article on leisure
Edgewater Club Breeze ~ September 25, 1926
An Adventure in Plagiarism
Authors' League Bulletin ~ 1926
With
the Author of Tarzan ERBzine 0059 "An Interview With Edgar Rice Burroughs in Which He Frankly
Discusses His Methods and Gives Sound Advice"
by Glenn B. Gravatt
The Writers' Monthly - December, 1926
El
Caballero Souvenir Booklet Tarzana Ranch Photos with Text
by ERB and Art by Studley O. Burroughs January 7, 8, 9, 1927
ERBzine 1091 Them Thar Papers ~ Tarzana
Pictures Presents
A script for a home movie on the Tarzana ranch, using friends and family
as actors.
1927 or 1928
Mary Who? (aka Why Razz the Kids & Holy Bonds
of Wedlock)
Unfinished satirical play
April 6, 1927
Who Cares?
Tarzana Bulletin ~ September 1927
The
Illustrator and the Author ERBzine 0035 The Authors' League Bulletin ~ October 1927.
The Eleven Year Itch
August 24 - November 4, 1927 ~ Travelogue
Script Magazine ~ 1927
A Horrible Example of The Man Who Could
Not Say No
Sesqui-Centennial Record ~ A large paperback of 96 pages
commemorating Phillips Military Academy in the time period from 1778-1928.
Written between December 1927 and April 1928
I See A New Race
Article on Eugenics
1928
A Zoo Without an Elephant
January 1929 ~ Letter
The
Citizen and the Police ERBzine 0256 The LA Police Reporter - May 1929 - Article
A Scrambled Parable - (not
published)
Presumably it went a "little too far" and was considered
unsuitable for publication in the staid Police Reporter.
October 1929
Success
at Thirty-Five ERBzine
0256 N.Y. World???
Autobiography (20,000 words)
Written for Metropolitan to promote Tarzan and the Lost Empire
September 20, 1929
My
Diversions Unpublished autobiographical sketch written for Metropolitan Books
October 24, 1929
ERBzine 0948 How
I Wrote the Tarzan Books ERBzine 0052 The Washington Post &
New York World Sunday Supplement - "The World Magazine" ~ October 27,
1929
How
Tarzan Kept the Wolf from the Door ERBzine 0055 The Literary Digest - November 30, 1929
Tarzan,
Jr. - Fairy Tale Castle Book ERBzine 0042 Colleen Moore Miniature Book Collection ~ 1930s
Genghis Khan ~ A 2,215-word,
epic narrative poem consisting of 20 14-line stanzas.
Written in December 1929 and January 1930
Submitted January 24, 1930 to "Good Housekeeping Magazine" under the
pseudeonym:
Edar Burr c/o C. R. Rothmund, Box 625 Reseda, California. (rejected)
Letter:
"...red men of Mars... should have strong regular features." Blue Book ~ February 7, 1930
Tarzana Bridge
Ten page booklet describing a card game invented by ERB
May 11, 1930
Entertainment
is Fiction's Purpose ERBzine 0057 Writer's Digest - June 1930
An untitled Tarzan story
Unfinished
October 28, 1930
On Pullman Approaches
Article written 1930
Caravan Club ~ 1931
The
Story of Tarzan ERBzine 0256 First edition dust jacket of Tarzan the Invincible, November 20, 1931
Tarzan
of the Air Radio Promo Booklet ERBzine 0200 Advertising brochure ~ Early '30s
Calling All Cars
June 12-14, 1931 ~ Forgotten
Tales of Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
What Is Good Fiction
Written 1932 for Jungle Girl dj blurb - unused
NQXGI Telegram
Written February 27, 1932 ~ (To a sick gorilla)
The
Men Who Make The Argosy: Edgar Rice Burroughs ERBzine
0256 Argosy ~ March 12, 1932
The
Tarzan Theme ERBzine 0058 Writer's Digest - June 1932
Tarzan
for President ERBzine 0074 The Editor
Blue Book Magazine - July, 1932
Edgar
Rice Burroughs Tells All An Autobiographical
Sketch ERBzine 0052 Rob Wagner's Script ~ July 9, 1932
Protecting
the Author's Rights ERBzine 0052 The Writer's 1932 Year Book & Market Guide
The
Birth of Tarzan, by His Poppa ERBzine
0256 Could be the Story of Tarzan in ERBzin-e 256
Script Magazine ~ July 2, 1932
(Meet the author)
Fools
Rush In - Tarzan Triumphant - ERBzine
0255 First Edition Dust Jacket - September 1, 1932
The
Terrace Drive Murder ERBzine
0046 Script Magazine ~ October 8, 1932 (Solution in Script October 15, 1932)
Who
Murdered Mr. Thomas? ERBzine
0047 Script Magazine ~ April 16, 1932
The
Red Neck-Tie Murder Mystery ERBzine 0048 Script Magazine ~ May 28, 1932 ~ Forgotten
Tales of Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
Bank Murder
Unpublished murder mystery
1932 - 1934?
The Dark Lake Murder
Unpublished murder mystery
1932 - 1934?
The Dupuyster Case
Unfinished Murder Mystery
1932
The Death Valley Expedition of the Intrepid
33ers
Unpublished travelogue of 2,700 words
April 3-7, 1933
Tarzan and Jane: A Jungleogue
March 3, 1933 ~ An unpublished humorous play
Symbol of a New Day
Script ~ February 17, 1934
Tarzan's
Seven Lives Screen Play ~ May 1934
Tarzan
and the Diamond of Asher radio serial summary ERBzine 0144 1934
The
Lightship Murder ERBzine 0045 Script Magazine ~ October 26, 1935
Murder At Midnight
Unpublished murder mystery
November 5, 1935
The Gang Murder
Unpublished murder mystery
November 5, 1935
Nkima, Tarzan's Pet, Tells What Planks Really
Mean
Louisville Times ~ November 15, 1935
Letter
About James Oliver Curwood ERBzine
0259 Owosso (Michigan) Argus-Press Special Edition ~ July 1936
I See By The Papers
Proposed scenario for a radio
program (not accepted)
December 1936
Tarzan,
Jr. ERBzine 0042 A short fairy tale written on a 1" x 1" miniature book for
Colleen Moore's doll house in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
1937
Mr.
Burroughs Describes His Publishing Methods Letter
From An Author Who Publishes His Own Books ERBzine 0056 Writer's Digest - May 1937
Tarzan's
Father ERBzine 1106 An article by Kenneth Crist
Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine ~ June 27, 1937
Man-Eaters ERBzine 0071 Sunday Magazine of the Los Angeles Time - August 22, 1937
Heil Hitler
Film synopsis
1938?
Romance
Isn't Dead ERBzine 0063 An Interview with the Author of Tarzan
by Oliver Poole
Writers' Markets and Methods - March 1938
Two-Gun Doak Flies South
Unpublished Adventure Story (1939 film synopsis)
January 1-31, 1938
Ape-Man
Business ERBzine
0276 Fortune Magazine ~ March 1938
What Makes Tarzan Act That Way
Boston Sun Post ~ June 19, 1938
Even
Apes Fight For It ERBzine 0080 Rob Wagner’s Script Magazine – February 25, 1939
Angel's Serenade
Unpublished Crime Story (based on film synopses written in 1921 and
1936)
April 25 - June 12, 1939
Official
Guide of the Tarzan Clans of America ERBzine 0032 ERB Motes & Quotes
33 ERB, Inc. Booklet ~ May 22, 1939
Burroughs, Author of Tarzan, Pens His Own
Opinion of Film
(Tarzan Finds A Son)
Studio News ~ June 8, 1939
The Scientists Revolt
Revision by Raymond Palmer of Beware! written in 1921/22
Fantastic Adventures - July 1939
Tarzan,
or How To Become A Great Writer Alva Johnston interview feature with ERB - with
photos Saturday Evening Post - July 29, 1939
ERBzine 0370 Texaco Star Theatre Radio
Appearance with Ken Murray
Apes of Wrath skit
October 18, 1939
Quiet Please!
Nine unpublished articles for a proposed newspaper columns
which would be part of a radio
show(not
accepted)
1939
When
"Tarzan" Went To Harvard ERBzine 0717 Harvard Review, Anniversary Issue
1940
Tarzan's Good Deed Today
Unpublished parody
1940s
Misogynists Preferred
Humorous story ~ January 5-6, 1940
Forgotten Tales of
Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
The Strange Adventure of Mr. Dinwiddie
Humorous story ~ July 16-17, 1940
Forgotten Tales of
Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
Meet
the Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs ERBzine
0255 Amazing Stories
~ June 1941
Uncle Miner and Other Relatives
Unpublished humorous story
July 1941
Untitled sequel to Wizard of
Venus Unfinished ~ interrupted by Pearl Harbor attack
December 2, 1941
To
Whomever Gives A Damn: Pearl Harbor Eye-Witness Description December 1941 ~ Letter
ERBzine 1023 From a Devonshire Lass
Unpublished humorous short story
December 18, 1941
Laugh
It Off Columns
in the Honolulu Star Bulletin (and some in Honolulu Advertiser)
ERBzine 0001 and
ERBzine
1129 December 1941: 13,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 31 (excerpts)
January 1942: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21,
22,
23, 26, 27, 28 and
Hawaii: A Magazine of News & Comment:
April 1945, May 1945, June 1945, July-August 1945, March 10, 1946,
January 1948
Fall of a Democracy
Unpublished article predicting war in Pacific, etc.
December 1941
Came the War
ERB's experiences during and after the Pearl Harbor attack
December 1941
Famous
Living Americans and Their Homes ERBzine
0932 Written for Perfect Home Magazine ~ Unpublished/Rejected? ~ 1942
Tarzan
Creator Thrilled by Ride in U.S. Bomber Author
of Tarzan Rides Flying Fort ERBzine 0213 Honolulu Star-Bulletin ~ February 27, 1942
'Dry
Firing' Makes Experts In BMTC Ranks BMTC
Gets Training in Shooting Pistols ERBzine 0213 Honolulu Star-Bulletin ~ March 13, 1942
What
is Sabotage? ERBzine
0213 Editorial Honolulu Star-Bulletin ~ March 26, 1942 (dup)
Undermining
of Morale is Type of Sabotage ERBzine
0213 Honolulu Advertiser ~ March 26, 1942 (dup)
Oahu: Singapore or Wake?
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ May 19, 1942
Don't Be Stupid
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ July 4, 1942
Don't Let 'Em Kid You, Joe
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ July 13, 1942
Not For Mice
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ September 22, 1942
Wanted: 1,000 Men
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ September 24, 1942
BMTCers Can Shoot
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ September 30, 1942
Maybe Tomorrow
Hawaii - A Magazine of News & Comment ~ September 30, 1942
"Whatsoever
A Man Soweth" ERBzine
0392 Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ October 21, 1942
Saturday Night In Honolulu Dull
Honolulu Advertiser ~ November 11, 1942
Paladines
of Paradise Paradise of the Pacific Magazine ~ December 1942
ERBzine 1128 Somewhere in Oahu
New York World ~ December 1, 1942
Tarzan's Creator Impressed by Smooth
Job Yanks are Doing in Hawaii
New York World ~ December 1, 1942
TARZAN'S
CREATOR HERE FOR HAIRCUT The Sun, Sydney, Australia ~ Thursday, December 31, 1942 ERBzine 1046 Tarzan's Creator, Now Covering War,
Finds Aussie Customs Odd
Edgar Rice Burroughs Down Under for Xmas/
Correspondent Must Tote Huge Load
Honolulu Advertiser Front Page ~ January 4, 1943
Author of Tarzan Stories:
War Correspondent in Australia Thinks
Hollywood Will Never Lack Stories The Film Weekly: Incorporating Everyones Australian Variety and
Show World January 7, 1943 ERBzin-e
1046 What Are We Going To Do About
It???
WWII article???
1943???
Writer Hunts Soldiers Who Own Mountain On
South Sea Island
Tank Outfit Gets Enought 'Camping Out' For Lifetime
Honolulu Advertiser Front Page ~ February 14, 1943
More Fun! More People Killed
Unpublished urder mystery spoof
Later revised as a movie synopsis: Night of Terror
February 24 - March 30, 1943
Cabbages and Kings
Radio show on KGMB ~ March 31, 1943
Bomb Hirohito
Honolulu Advertiser ~ April 24, 1943
Diary
of a Confused Old Man: Buck Burroughs Rides Again Hilites
are featured in ERB: The War Years Travelogue
Written April-June, 1943
Summarized in ERB: The War Years starting at ERBzine
1019 Uncle Bill
Mystery ~ Forgotten
Tales of Love and Murder Limited Guidry & Adkins Edition ~ 2001
May 19-20, 1944
Our
Japanese Problem Will There Be a Post-War 'Japanese Problem'?
ERBzine 0941 A Famous Author Offers an Opinion... and a Sensible Suggestion
Hawaii Magazine ~ June 30, 1944
What to do with Germany
Hawaii Magazine ~ September 1944
What Price Intolerance?
Shall We Reward the Alien Parents of American Boys
Who Died Defending Us, With a Deportation Order?
Hawaii Magazine ~ April 15, 1944
Intelligence
Test For Legislators Honolulu Star-Bulletin ~ May 5, 1941
ERBzine 1128 Tanker
Like 'Accident About To Happen,' Burroughs Feels ERBzine
0213 and ERBzine 1128 Honolulu Advertiser ~ July 5, 1945
Tarzan's Boss Meets King Ueg On Primitive
South Sea Atol
June 11, 1945
Honolulul Advertiser ~ July 6, 1945
Laughs
At Sea Found By Author Traveling With A Naval "Oiler" Honolulu Advertiser ~ July 9, 1945
ERBzine 1128
Unsung Fleet Oilers Carrying Ball For
Navy Invasion Team
June 16, 1945
Honolulu Advertiser Editorial Page ~ July 13, 1945
Wartime
Letters To Joan From Papa in Hawaii Part I: ERBzine 0214 Laugh It Off!
Hawaii Magazine ~ January 1946
Laugh It Off!
Hawaii Magazine ~ March 10, 1946
Xonthron
Mention made of this in ERB's diary but no known manuscript
May 3, 1946
Untitled Tarzan story
83-page manuscript rewritten and finished by Joe Lansdale in 1994:
Tarzan:
The Lost Adventure September 7, 1946
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. ERBzine
0733 Mable, the Celebrated Owl of Cassia
County
Unpublished humorous story - one page
July 16, 1947
"Tarzan" Creator Starved and Failed
Before He Won Success
Open Road ~ September 1949
TARZAN
by J. D. VAN DER MERWE ERBzine 0061 of DUIVELS-KLOOF, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA
from the British True-Life Adventures Pulp Magazine
WIDE WORLD - July, 1946
A
'40s Visit With ERB ERBzine 0211 Fantasy Review ~ December 1948
Tarzan's
Author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dies At Age Of 74 ERBzine
0255 Associated Press 1950
Success
at Thirty-Five Pts 1-3 (Dup of NY World) ERBzine
0256 Revision of "Tarzan Creator Starved and Failed before He Won Success"
Tarzan Adventure Comic ~ Feb. 16, Mar. 1, Mar. 15, 1952
TARZAN,
JANE ALIVE & WELL ERBzine 0050 Transcribed from a 1972 newspaper release
