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Why does Edgar Rice Burroughs still matter?
io9
And even forty years ago, nobody would have predicted that Burroughs' creations, like Tarzan and John Carter of Mars, would still be shaping the entertainment landscape. Why does Burroughs continue to cast such a long shadow over pop culture?

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Chattanooga Times Free Press
Meet the leads in Center for Creative Arts' production of Disney's 'Tarzan'
Chattanooga Times Free Press
by Susan Pierce David Couter, left, and Brittni Rhodes, both 17, rehearse for their roles as Tarzan and Jane in the Center for Creative Arts' upcoming production of “Tarzan.” CCA is one of four high schools in the country to stage the musical as a ...


 
Independent Online
Real-life Tarzan looking for Jane
Independent Online
London - He used to be a security guard at a Co-op food store in Manchester, but now DeWet du Toit has turned himself into Tarzan. The 24-year-old hung up his uniform and slipped into a leopardskin loin cloth to swing through the trees just like the ...
Man wants to be like a real-life TarzanFemaleFirst.co.uk
Mostly naked South African man training to become real-life Tarzanio9

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The Nation, Pakistan
The real life Tarzan
The Nation, Pakistan
A Manchester supermarket security guard has moved to Africa to live in the jungle as a real-life Tarzan. DeWet Du Toit, 24, has swapped his Co-op uniform for a loin cloth and spends his days swinging through trees and eating insects.
Man Seeks to Become Real-Life TarzanGather.com
Meet the real-life Tarzan: DeWet du ToitTheSouthAfrican
Co-op guard is real-life TarzanThe Sun

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Utah mother warns public of "choking game" that led to son's death
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
"And there was a rope that was attached to this tree and they used to play Tarzan on it. The rope caught his jugular and your neck goes down and that pretty much paralyzes you." Multiple attempts to revive Jaden were unsuccessful.

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The Legacy of Tarzan: 5 Heirs to the Lord of the Jungle
ComicsAlliance
On shelves now is the first issue of Dynamite's Lord of the Jungle, the beginning of a brand-new retelling of Edgar Rice Burroughs' original "Tarzan of the Apes" story. Promising a more faithful interpretation of a story that's been retold several ...


 
Elaine Morgan: Are bankers really irreplaceable?
WalesOnline
The one that really made me think was: “Why didn't Tarzan have a beard?” I used to be a great fan of those films. The man who wrote the Tarzan books, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was Kipling's cousin, so in a way they were a bit of a rip-off.