Tarzan and the Snake People
This 1964 book, by Barton Werper, was
unauthorized by ERB, Inc.;
it was taken off the market and
remaining copies destroyed.
People | (in order of appearance) | |
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Jane Clayton | Lady Greystoke, wife of Tarzan | |
John Clayton | Lord Greystoke, TARZAN of the Apes | |
Basuli | Chief of Tarzan's Waziri warriors | |
Kamjei | the best Waziri runner | |
Tageka | an old Waziri | |
Leopold Keinin | Belgian badguy chief | |
Pierre Sortie | French-accented German accomplice of Keinin | |
Bill Harvey | an American accompanying Keinin & Sortie | |
Lyta | Daylight priestess of the Snake People | |
Narda | Night Priestess of the Snake People, her sister | |
Tamoyi | a Waziri killed by the Snake People | |
Namon | aide to Narda | |
Kuchek | a young Great Ape, first to assist Tarzan | |
Tombak | eldest of the Great Apes, second to join Tarzan | |
Lerta | Lyta's chamberlain, chief of her Snake-Men | |
Summary Book Blurb Derby, Conn: Gold Star Books
| In order to steal the precious radium from the Snake People, the evil adventurers, Leopold Keinin and Pierre Sortie, set the the tribes of the sisters Narda and Lyta against each other. Drawn into the bloody war between the humanoids with bodies of snakes and heads of humans is Tarzan, whose wife Jane is held as a hostage by one of the warring tribes. This tale of battle and Tarzan's heroic struggle to shield Jane from an incredibly horrible death makes for the best Tarzan book. | |
Chapters | these are titles only (not online) | |
I | The Missing Runner | |
II | The Unknown Enemy | |
III | The Voice of the Jungle | |
IV | Kamjei's Horror | |
V | The Three Strangers | |
VI | The Challenge of Tarzan | |
VII | The Night Battle | |
VIII | The Blood-Drenched Clearing | |
IX | The Secret Chambers of Narda | |
X | Escape by Dawn | |
XI | The Note of Ransom | |
XII | The Meeting with the Apes | |
XIII | The Death Insurance | |
XIV | The Invaders | |
XV | The Rescue |
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