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Edgar Rice Burroughs is born on September 1 1875, in Chicago, Illinoi. As a seller of pencil sharpener, he was always looking through magazines to spot adds for his sharpener's. He read many storys in those magazines as he look through them. He knew that he could write even better tails than the ones he read in those magazines! Some of Burroughs' famous works include Tarzan of the apes and The Land That Time Forgot.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. As a seller of pencil sharpeners, he was always looking through magazines to spot ads for his sharpeners. He read many stories in those magazines as he looked through them. He knew that he could write even better tales than the ones he read in those magazines! Some of Burroughs' famous works include Tarzan of the Apes and The Land That Time Forgot.


Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2004 Education World

08/05/2004
 

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