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John Carter of MarsJOHN CARTER OF MARS
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS



Contents
Introduction
John Carter and the Giant of Mars
Abduction
The Search
Joog, the Giant
The City of Rats
Chamber of Horrors
Pew Mogel
The Flying Terror
The Reptile Pit
Attack on Helium
Two Thousand Parachutes
A Daring Plan
The Fate of a Nation
Panic
Adventure's End
Skeleton Men of Jupiter
Foreword
Betrayed
U Dan
The Morgors of Sasoom...
...And the Savators
I Would Be a Traitor
Escape!
Pho Lar
In the Arena
To Zanor!
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INTRODUCTION
THE PUBLICATION OF JOHN CARTER OF MARS is an historic event for a number of
reasons.
First, and most obviously, it is the long and eagerly awaited "eleventh book" of
the Martian series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. For sixteen years, ever since the
appearance of LLANA OF GATHOL, the tenth book in the series and the last of
Burroughs' works to see print during the author's life, there has been a
constant desire by his many followers to see the two remaining Barsoomian
adventures appear in book form. They are at last available, in the present
volume, to Burroughs' myriad fans and admirers.
The second historical aspect of JOHN CARTER OF MARS is its very name. Although
JOHN CARTER OF MARS is a "natural" title for a book in the Martian series, it
was never so used by Burroughs himself. It has been applied to a number of