Mother Was a Lovely Beast - Softcover

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9780515040715: Mother Was a Lovely Beast

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515040711 ISBN 13: 9780515040715

Publisher: Pyramid Books, 1976

Anthology. Contributor Olaf Baker (Shasta of the Wolves); George Bruce (Scream of the Condor); Edgar Rice Burroughs (God of Tarzan); William L. Chester (One Against a Wilderness (Part 1)); Philip Jose Farmer (Extracts from the Memoirs of Lord Greystroke); Philip Jose Farmer (Feral Human in Mythology and Fiction); Thomas Llewellan Jones (Man Who Really Was...Tarzan); Mack Reynolds (Relic); Gene Wolfe (Tarzan of the Grapes) Surging tales of the beastmen: foundlings of the wild and untamed reaches. They learned of life and passion in caves and lairs far from the tread of human feet. Meet Kioga, a frail boy whose amazing childhood among the black bears of the north led him into a rugged manhood. Shasta, the wolfman, whose uncanny ability to track and kill was learned at the breast of a vicious she-wolf. Ka-Zar, the indomitable member of a lion's pride. He learned speed, agility, and ruthless cunning, a king of beasts N his own right. John Craig, son of Kark the condor. His fearless flights made him a renowned fighter pilot in World War I. And Tarzan of the Apes, the most famous of feral men, whose incredible life among the great apes inspired a thousand legends. These are the children of the beasts!

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