TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
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TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE
This Ace edition follows the text of the first hard-cover
book edition, originally published in 1929.
Cover art and title page illustration by Frank Frazetta.
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
THE KING OF THE JUNGLE
IN THE LAND OF THE NOONDAY SUN
When word came from the inner world that David Innes, Emperor ofPellucidar, was imprisoned in a Korsar dungeon, Jason Gridley sped tothe jungles of Africa to seek aid from the one man capable of bestingthe terrors of savage Pellucidar. And Tarzan, true to his reputation,organized an expedition, supervised construction of a giant dirigible,and set off at once for the polar entrance to the hidden land.
But having arrived, Tarzan realized the worst was yet before them. Foralmost immediately, Tarzan, Jason, Captain Zuppner and the ten Waziriwarriors became separated—each forced to face the terrors of theunknown alone.
The thrills of man against prehistoric monster are at fever pitch inTARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE.
FOREWORD
Pellucidar, as every schoolboy knows, is a world within a world, lying,as it does, upon the inner surface of the hollow sphere, which is theEarth.
It was discovered