Product Description

The Tarzan Twins, Dick and Doc, were born on the same day and resembled one another quite closely. Then, one day, they received a letter from Tarzan of the Apes, inviting them to visit him in Africa. When their parents were unable to travel with them, and after intense appeals, the boys were to go to Africa alone, to meet Tarzan and fifty of his Waziri warriors at the end of the railway. However, Dick and Doc became lost in Africa before that fateful meeting! From ERBville Press.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1265746 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-18
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 pages

Customer Reviews

A Fun but Flawed Juvinile Novel
This long out of print story is a rare treat for fans of Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan wrote two short novellea about Dick and doc, a pair of fourteen year old cousins who visit Tarzan and have jungle adventures.

I am sorry to report that the previous reviewer is not correct. Only the novella THE TARZAN TWINS is included in this edition. Fans can only hope that AEgypan Books will also publish TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS WITH JAD-BAL-JA THE GOLDEN LION in the near future.

I also feel compelled to say that parents may want to use some discretion in giving this book to youngsters. It is true that there is no inappropriate sexual material and the violence is minimal, but there are racially insensitive comments and characterizations aimed at the African characters. I don't believe Burroughs was the racist some reviewers make him out to be, but he was a man of his times, and bought into many of the racial stereotypes common in the early 20th century. Parents who buy this should be prepared to talk with their children about these attitudes. African American parents may want to pass.

Aside from that, the story is fast-moving and exciting. The boys learn about friendship, courage, and self-reliance as they dodge peril in the jungle. It's an adventure many young readers will enjoy sharing with them.

Surprisingly Light-Hearted
After reading the introduction to the book, and how horribly it did when first released I was prepared for the worst. However, it really isn't that bad. Yes, it does have the usual racial sterotypes that Burroughs often relied on, though there was a sentence or two about how Dick and Doc (the twins) found some of their narrowminded assumptions corrected. Clearly Burroughs was making attempts to correct some of the sterotyping he had done. Even one of the horrible cannibals becomes an almost compassionate character by the end. Which is a huge step from alot of Burroughs' other books.

I enjoyed this book, it was a really quick read, it lacked alot of the physical descriptions that drag down some of the other novels. Tarzan has a breif cameo. And what I really liked was the humour the twins managed to carry through their entire adventure, I am not usually laughing during ERB's novels, (except perhaps at some of the improbable plot devices). It's too bad this edition didn't have any of the award winning illustrations that were mentioned in the introduction.

Super Reader
A kid's story, to start with.

A couple of boys, both with alliterative names starting with D, are off to visit the jungle. The only problem is when they get there, they get a bit sidetracked, and lost, and the Lord of the Jungle doesn't know quite where they are.

They end up running into a lion, and cannibals, as you do, when lost in Tarzan's Africa. They manage to find a couple of decent local blokes though, and eventually Tarzan tracks them down.