Discover the History
Tarzan the Centennial Celebration book jacket artThis program is FREE and open to all ages and includes FREE access to our exhibitions.
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Tarzan and the Santa Monica Connection
DATE: January 26, 2014
TIME: 2pm – 4pm
Join us at our FREE Discover the History lecture series where this month the topic is Tarzan and the Santa Monica Connection.
This lecture includes a book signing by author Scott Tracy Griffin.
Tarzan of the Apes (1914), by author Edgar Rice Burroughs, launched a phenomenon, with the ape man swinging from literature into film, radio, television, merchandising, and other media, to become a 20th Century pop-culture presence. Flush with success, Burroughs established Tarzana Ranch in 1919, which was later incorporated as Santa Monica’s neighbor to the north.
Scott Tracy Griffin will examine the numerous connections between the novelist Burroughs, the character Tarzan, and the City of Santa Monica on the centennial of the first Tarzan book publication.
About Scott Tracy Griffin
Scott Tracy Griffin is the author of Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration (Titan Books, 2012), the only authorized commemorative visual history of American author Edgar Rice Burroughs’s famed ape man. Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration is a 2013 Locus Award finalist in the Art Book category. Griffin, who has been reading, researching, and writing about Burroughs since childhood and appeared in numerous documentaries and news programs discussing the author, has been a Santa Monica resident since 1990.
Click to enlargeWe look forward to seeing you!
Lecture Highlights
Photos and video from lecture
Did you miss our Tarzan program? ERBzine has a great write-up of it. (PDF)
Thank you to everyone who attended and the volunteers who helped out that day. Extra special thanks to Scott Tracy Griffin for his informative presentation.
