A Princess of Mars

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice

I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am a hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood. So far as I can recollect I have always been a man, a man of about thirty. I appear today as I did forty years and more ago, and yet I feel that I cannot go on living forever; that some day I shall die the real death from which there is no resurrection. I do not know why I should fear death, I who have died twice and am still alive; but yet I have the same horror of it as you who have never died, and it is because of this terror of death, I believe, that I am so convinced of my mortality.And because of this conviction I have determined to write down the story of the interesting periods of my life and of my death. I cannot explain the phenomena; I can only set down here in the words of an ordinary soldier of fortune a chronicle of the strange events that befell me during the ten years that my dead body lay undiscovered in an Arizona cave.I have never told this story, nor shall mortal man see this manuscript until after I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it cannot grasp, and so I do not purpose being pilloried by the public, the pulpit, and the press, and held up as a colossal liar when I am but telling the simple truths which some day science will substantiate. Possibly the suggestions which I gained upon Mars, and the knowledge which I can set down in this chronicle, will aid in an earlier understanding of the mysteries of our sister planet; mysteries to you, but no longer mysteries to me.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08MS11PMH
• ISBN13: 9798556799769
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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A Princess of Barsoom

"I have never told this story, nor shall mortal man see this m-a-n-u-s-c-r-i-p-t until I have passed over for eternity. I know that the average human mind will not believe what it cannot grasp......” Written in 1912, this book is well-written for its time and has intrigued countless generations of readers. I get the feeling that this story is being told over a campfire. Captain Carter is telling the story from memory, like an old man of his adventures here on Earth and on the planet of Barsoom (Mars). There are encounters with many strange creatures, situations, and yes, even a "Princess of Mars.” It is a tale worth reading as he encounters many creatures that are different personas of humans, horses, dogs, and so on. This book, also titled “Under the Moons of Mars,” is a part of a series by the writer that brought us “Tarzan.” The intro to the book alone will capture your imagination.