'''Tarzan''', a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and then in twenty-three sequels. He is the son of a British Lord and Lady, marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. His parents died when he was an infant, and he was raised by Great Apes of a species unknown to scienc...(continue reading)