Quote#Books & Reading
I had been trying to find a publisher who would put some of my stuff…
Quote byEdgar Rice Burroughs · 1875–1950
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: How I Wrote the Tarzan Books (1929).
English (original)
I had been trying to find a publisher who would put some of my stuff into book form, but I met with no encouragement. Every well-known publisher in the United States turned down Tarzan of the Apes, including A.C. McClurg & Co., who finally issued it, my first story in book form.
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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