*Ø* Blogmanac August 27, 1912 | Arrr-arrr-arr-arr---arrrr!!!
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The first appearance of Tarzan. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs originally named his hero, King of the Apes, Zentar Bloomstoke, rather than Tarzan Greystoke.
How it began
“So the story goes, Edgar Rice Burroughs was sitting in his rented office and waiting for his crack pencil sharpener salesmen to report in, supposedly their pockets bulging with orders. Besides waiting, one of Burroughs' duties was to verify the placement of advertisements for his sharpeners in various magazines. These were all-fiction ‘pulp’ magazines, a prime source of escapist reading material for the rapidly expanding middle class. Verifying the pencil sharpener ads didn't exactly take much time. The pencil sharpener salesmen never showed up, so Burroughs spent his idle time reading those pulp magazines. And an idea was born.” Source
(How do you spell it?)
The first appearance of Tarzan. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs originally named his hero, King of the Apes, Zentar Bloomstoke, rather than Tarzan Greystoke.
How it began
“So the story goes, Edgar Rice Burroughs was sitting in his rented office and waiting for his crack pencil sharpener salesmen to report in, supposedly their pockets bulging with orders. Besides waiting, one of Burroughs' duties was to verify the placement of advertisements for his sharpeners in various magazines. These were all-fiction ‘pulp’ magazines, a prime source of escapist reading material for the rapidly expanding middle class. Verifying the pencil sharpener ads didn't exactly take much time. The pencil sharpener salesmen never showed up, so Burroughs spent his idle time reading those pulp magazines. And an idea was born.” Source
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