tailieunhanh - The Gods of Mars

Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond. Often had I pondered on the odd instructions he had left me governing the construction of his mighty tomb, and especially those parts which directed that he be laid in an OPEN casket and that the ponderous mechanism which controlled the bolts of the vault's huge door be accessible ONLY FROM THE INSIDE | feedboo is The Gods of Mars Burroughs Edgar Rice Published 1918 Categorie s Fiction Action Adventure Science Fiction Source Wikisource 1 About Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs September 1 1875 - March 19 1950 was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan although he also produced works in many genres. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes 1912 A Princess of Mars 1912 John Carter and the Giant of Mars 1940 A Fighting Man of Mars 1930 The Master Mind of Mars 1927 Swords of Mars 1934 The Warlord of Mars 1918 The Chessmen of Mars 1922 Thuvia Maid of Mars 1920 Synthetic Men of Mars 1939 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 50 or in the USA published before 1923 . Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Foreword Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle Captain John Carter of Virginia away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond. Often had I pondered on the odd instructions he had left me governing the construction of his mighty tomb and especially those parts which directed that he be laid in an OPEN casket and that the ponderous mechanism which controlled the bolts of the vault s huge door be accessible ONLY FROM THE INSIDE. Twelve years had passed since I had read the remarkable manuscript of this remarkable man this man who remembered no childhood and who could not even offer a vague guess as to his age who was always young and yet who had dandled my grandfather s great-grandfather upon his knee this man who had spent ten years upon the planet Mars who had fought for the green men of Barsoom and fought against them who had fought for and against the red men and who had won the ever beautiful Dejah Thoris Princess of Helium for his wife and for nearly ten years had been a prince of the house of .