A princess of mars

A Princess of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Published: 1912
Categorie(s): Fiction, Science Fiction
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About Burroughs:
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an
American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. Source: Wikipedia
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• The Warlord of Mars (1918)
• Swords of Mars (1934)
• The Chessmen of Mars (1922)
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• Synthetic Men of Mars (1939)
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Foreward
To the Reader of this Work:
In submitting Captain Carter's strange manuscript to you in book form, I believe that a few words relative to this remarkable personality will be of interest.
My first recollection of Captain Carter is of the few months he spent at my father's home in Virginia, just prior to the opening of the civil war. I was then a child of but five years, yet I well remember the tall, dark, smooth-faced, athletic man whom I called Uncle Jack.
He seemed always to be laughing; and he entered into the sports of the children with the same hearty good fellowship he displayed toward those pastimes in which the men and women of his own age indulged; or he would sit for an hour at a time entertaining my old grandmother with stories of his strange, wild life in all parts of the world. We all loved him, and our slaves fairly worshipped the ground he trod.
He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip,