Other editions of book The Son of Tarzan: Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library

From Chapter 1: "The long boat of the 'Marjorie W.' was floating down the broad Ugambi with ebb tide and current. Her crew were lazily enjoying this respite from the arduous labor of rowing up stream. Three miles below them lay the 'Marjorie W.' herself quite ready to sail as soon as they should have clambered aboard and swung the long boat to its davits. Presently the attention of every man was drawn from his dreaming or his gossiping to the northern bank of the river. There screaming at them in a cracked falsetto and with skinny arms outstretched, stood a strange apparition of a man...."

In the previous book Jane and her infant son Jack had been kidnapped by Tarzan’s enemy Nikolas Rokoff and his henchmen. Of course, Tarzan tracks down his wife and son and finally dispatches his enemies. The Son of Tarzan, first published in 1917, is the fourth book in Burroughs’ tales of the ape-man. Seeking revenge Nikolas Rokoff, sends his henchman Alexis Paulvitch after Tarzan’s son, by luring him away from London and into his clutches. Unfortunately for Paulvitch, Jack escapes with the help of the ape named Akut. They flee into the deep African jungle where two decades earlier Tarzan himself had been raised. The young Jack Clayton on his own becomes known as Korak the Killer and builds a reputation for himself in the Jungle. Korak, raised in civilization, finds his own place among the great apes like his father. Join Rice for another fantastic adventure story of action and romance.

Like father, like son. Alexis Paulvitch survived the vengeance of Tarzan . . . and now he wants revenge. He means to lure Greystoke's son, young Jack Clayton, away from London, and do away with him. But Jack Clayton is smarter than Paulvitch reckons. He foils the plot, escaping into the jungle with the help of Akut, the great ape. The pair flee to the same African jungle where Tarzan was raised a generation before. And there young Jack Clayton begins to establish a reputation of his own -- as Korak, the Killer. Korak finds his own place in the jungle amidst the great apes . . . and finds something much, much more. When he rescues beautiful young Meriem from a band of Arab raiders, and begins to fall in love with her . . . "Edgar Rice Burroughs . . . has probably changed more destinies than any other writer in American history." -- Ray Bradbury "I want to go along with Ray Bradbury's views on the importance of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was Burroughs who turned me on, and I think he is a much underrated writer. The man who can create Tarzan, the best-known character in the whole fiction, should not be taken too lightly!"-- Arthur C. Clarke

The scenario follows the book closely. Tarzan's son Jack (Korak to the apes) is kidnapped from England by Tarzan's old enemy Paulovich. He escapes into the African jungle with the help of Paulovich's trained ape Akut. There he meets Meriem, a white girl held by Arabs. He frees her and falls in love. Meriem (who is really an heiress) is sought by Paulovich. Tarzan arrives with Jane at his African estate and intervenes.