Leaving the village he had made his way toward the southwest, crossing, after the most appalling hardships, a vast waterless steppe covered for the most part with dense thorn, coming at last into a district that had probably never been previously entered by any white man and which was known only in the legends of the tribes whose country bordered it. Here were precipitous mountains, well-watered plateaus, wide plains, and vast swampy morasses, but neither the plains, nor the plateaus, nor the mountains were accessible to ...
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Leaving the village he had made his way toward the southwest, crossing, after the most appalling hardships, a vast waterless steppe covered for the most part with dense thorn, coming at last into a district that had probably never been previously entered by any white man and which was known only in the legends of the tribes whose country bordered it. Here were precipitous mountains, well-watered plateaus, wide plains, and vast swampy morasses, but neither the plains, nor the plateaus, nor the mountains were accessible to him until after weeks of arduous effort he succeeded in finding a spot where he might cross the morasses-a hideous stretch infested by venomous snakes and other larger dangerous reptiles.
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The colorful story telling is paramount in Burroughs books, particularly in his Tarzan series.
He uses a free style, with occasional historical, political, and sociological connotations, as expected in early 1900's.
His writing allows all ages to develop an entertaining imaginative landscape.
A plus is the natural stage, he chose for his characters, in contrast with our current cyber technology obsession.
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