The Gods of Mars was first published in the All-Story (January – May 1913). The first hardcover edition was published by A.C. McClurg & Co., September 28, 1918. The dust jacket and a sepia frontispiece were by Frank Schoonover.
At the end of A PRINCESS OF MARS, the first volume in Burroughs's Mars series, John Carter managed to get the factory that produces oxygen for Barsoom working again – and collapsed. When he came to, he found himself back on earth, and separated from his beloved Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium. It's a decade later when Carter returns to Barsoom, and he finds himself in that part of the planet that the natives consider to be "heaven" – which is no heaven at all. Carter has to reunite with his friend the fierce green warrior Tars Tarkas, fight with plant men and the great white apes of Barsoom, violate some significant religious taboos, survive the affections of an evil goddess, foment a slave revolt, fight in an arena, and still save Dejah Thoris in the middle of a giant air battle between the red, green, black and white people of Barsoom... High adventure, Martian style.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
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Barsoom
Series contains 11 primary works and has 11 total works.
Barsoom is also known as The Martian Tales and John Carter of Mars.
