From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, October 13, 2014 7:36:05 PM UTC-4, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   > On 2014-10-13 22:40:46 +0000, William Vetter said:   
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   > > I read Tarzan of the Apes last week for a reason involved with one of   
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   > > my projects.   
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   > > One thing I noticed was that he never swung from a vine in this book.   
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   > > I think that he wrote about 20 Tarzan books, and I don't think I'm   
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   > > going to read the rest.   
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   > > My question is whether he ever swings from a vine in any of the others,   
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   > > or was that entirely an invention of movies.   
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   > Judging from the books available in Gutenburg, when vines appear, they   
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   > are generally barriers or decoration. Tarzan uses some vines to climb   
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   > over a wall in one book, but that seems to be it.   
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   What I see from the first volume:   
      
   1) "Me Tarzan; you Jane," is absent; that Tarzan initially could read English   
   at perhaps a seventh grade level, but knew how to speak none at all.   
      
   2) The signature yell from the movies is never described, except as "the   
   battle cry of the bull great ape."   
      
   3) Africa has a nearly complete canopy of foliage that Tarzan travels through   
   primarily by running along branches.   
      
   4) The coastline of Africa abounds in pirate coves; the coastline is   
   essentially the same as the setting in Treasure Island.   
      
   5) Tarzan has a pecking order relationship with Great Apes, has a wait-and-see   
   attitude toward White humans, and regards colored Africans as inherently   
   brutal savages.   
      
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