Book #1 in the Barsoom series.
The first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs& apos; most exciting saga, known as The Barsoom, or Martian, series, this is the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes.
Captured by a band of six-limbed, green-skinned savage giants called Tharks, Carter soon is accorded all the honour of a chieftain after it& apos; s discovered that his muscles, accustomed to Earth& apos; s greater gravity, now give him a decided advantage in strength. And when his captors take as prisoner Dejah Thoris, the lovely human-looking princess of the city of Helium, Carter must call upon every ounce of strength, courage, and ingenuity to rescue her - before Dejah becomes the slave of the depraved Thark leader, Tal Hajus.
