I'm very fond of this book. Mr. Farmer has gone to the trouble of reading all those Tarzan books, and then to the trouble of actually collating them. into the bargain there was the bother of finding some real-world justifications for the plots used by the Great Romancer in Southern California. So the text is readable for to the non-fan it is a way of gaining a precis of the large number of books with the Tarzan name on them, and for the literary, an interesting profile of a pulp fiction author and his collection of plot tricks.
For me, the real gem is in Addendum 2. addendum 1 deals with that interesting group of researchers who have produced over the years, the "Baker Street Journal" a publication explaining some of the more erudite points in the career of Sherlock Holmes. As I am an owner of a copy of "The annotated Sherlock Holmes", i rejoice in their level of comedy. Addendum two is Mr. Farmer's safari into such work as he explains the ins and outs of the tangled Genealogy of various fictional people who bear the surnames "Savage", "Wilde", "Rutherford"and "Drummond". The addendum is considerably hampered by the fact that it is lacking a schematic family tree which was published separately in a number of "Esquire" magazine, I believe.
But happily for me, I hand-copied this useful graphic, and was able to re-unite the essay in its intended form. So, whereas, many are not aware of the family ties between Elizabeth Bennett and Nero Wolfe, I can do that. This book has therefore added the intended number of chuckles in my life. Someone should obtain the copyrights to both parts of the whole work. It does further honour to Farmer's attempts to entertain. ( )

Tarzan is alive and can not die.
A fantasy biography found in an book bargain sale, bought versus few euros.
Was strange and surprising to find this book after an Arte TV programme dedicated to Philip José Farmer. ( )

Really liked it when I read it as a kid. Have to read it again to comment. ( )

Probably enjoyable if you're very young, have just read the Tarzan books with delight, and for some reason know all about Bulldog Drummond and other characters of popular fiction of that era.

But an adult, even one who likes Tarzan, ought to find it tedious. ( )

Delightfully absurd "biography" of the "real Lord Greystoke" from his birth in Africa to his current (at the time of its 1972 publication) life in Tarzana, California. Wonderful, fun, and presented completely without tongue in cheek. I remember reading this at age 14 or 15 and believing it was absolutely true. (I was a rather naive and gullible young lady.) ( )