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Jungle Girl (novel)
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Jungle Girl is an Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lost World (genre)
novel
set in a forgotten kingdom in the jungles of Cambodia.
It was begun in 1929-10-02 under the working title The Dancing Girl of the Leper King it was first run serially in five installments from May to September 1931 by Blue Book Magazine
under the title The Land of Hidden Men. The book version was first published by ERB, Inc. on 1932-04-15. Ace Paperback
has republished the book in paperback several times, again under the title The Land of Hidden Men.
A 15-episode film serial
was produced in 1941, but it was set in Africa and the story bore no relation to the plot of the novel.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs 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.-Biography:...
Lost World (genre)
Lost World (genre)
The Lost World literary genre is a fantasy or science fiction genre that involves the discovery of a new world out of time, place, or both. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian imperial romance and remains popular to this day....
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
set in a forgotten kingdom in the jungles of Cambodia.
It was begun in 1929-10-02 under the working title The Dancing Girl of the Leper King it was first run serially in five installments from May to September 1931 by Blue Book Magazine
Blue Book (magazine)
Blue Book was a popular 20th-century American magazine with a lengthy 70-year run under various titles from 1905 to 1975.Launched as The Monthly Story Magazine, it was published under that title from May 1905 to August 1906 with a change to The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine for issues from...
under the title The Land of Hidden Men. The book version was first published by ERB, Inc. on 1932-04-15. Ace Paperback
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
has republished the book in paperback several times, again under the title The Land of Hidden Men.
A 15-episode film serial
Jungle Girl (serial)
Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs...
was produced in 1941, but it was set in Africa and the story bore no relation to the plot of the novel.
See also
- Jungle Girl (serial)Jungle Girl (serial)Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs...
- Perils of NyokaPerils of NyokaPerils of Nyoka is a 1942 Republic Movie serial directed by William Witney. It starred Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial "Jungle Girl."-Plot:...
- Nyoka the Jungle GirlNyoka the Jungle GirlNyoka the Jungle Girl is a fictional character created for the screen in the 1941 serial Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford as Nyoka Meredith. The character of Nyoka is often described as having been created by Edgar Rice Burroughs...
External links
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for Jungle Girl
- Map of the Land of Hidden Men by Jeff Jones et al.