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Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face with a fairy named Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, savages, pirates, mermaids, a crocodile that ticks, and Peter's nemesis -- Captain Hook! 

The book is filled with excitement and wonder, and teaches that with happy thoughts, and a little help of pixy dust, you can fly! Peter Pan inspires children everywhere to believe! 

Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is probably one of the most well known and popular children's novels in the English language. Written in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, better known by his pen name ‘Lewis Carrol’. Lewis, a mathematician, poet, photographer and inventor, tells a surreal fantasy tale, of Alice, who visits a world of unnatural logic after following a very smart White Rabbit, down a rabbit hole. The world she discovers is inhabited by the strangest and most endearing characters; The ‘Mad Hatter’, the sleepy ‘Dormouse’, the ‘Queen of Hearts’ and many more.

This book was originally illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. His images are iconic and help to seed the imagination of any little person, no matter how big they are!

Download them here: http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/pictures/alices-adventures-in-wonderland

Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is probably one of the most well known and popular children's novels in the English language. Written in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, better known by his pen name ‘Lewis Carrol’. Lewis, a mathematician, poet, photographer and inventor, tells a surreal fantasy tale, of Alice, who visits a world of unnatural logic after following a very smart White Rabbit, down a rabbit hole. The world she discovers is inhabited by the strangest and most endearing characters; The ‘Mad Hatter’, the sleepy ‘Dormouse’, the ‘Queen of Hearts’ and many more.

This book was originally illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. His images are iconic and help to seed the imagination of any little person, no matter how big they are!

Download them here: http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/pictures/alices-adventures-in-wonderland

Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is probably one of the most well known and popular children's novels in the English language. Written in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, better known by his pen name ‘Lewis Carrol’. Lewis, a mathematician, poet, photographer and inventor, tells a surreal fantasy tale, of Alice, who visits a world of unnatural logic after following a very smart White Rabbit, down a rabbit hole. The world she discovers is inhabited by the strangest and most endearing characters; The ‘Mad Hatter’, the sleepy ‘Dormouse’, the ‘Queen of Hearts’ and many more.

This book was originally illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. His images are iconic and help to seed the imagination of any little person, no matter how big they are!

Download them here: http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/pictures/alices-adventures-in-wonderland

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is widely considered Swift's magnum opus and is his most celebrated work, as well as one of the indisputable classics of English literature. (From Wikipedia.)

A collection of traditional English fairy tales!

00 - Preface  

01 - Tom Tit Tot    

02 - The Three Sillies 

03 - The Rose Tree   

04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig 

05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune 

06 - Mr. Vinegar    

07 - Nix Nought Nothing 

08 - Jack Hannaford   

09 - Binnorie  

10 - Mouse and Mouser  

11 - Cap o’ Rushes   

12 - Teeny-tiny 

13 - Jack and the Beanstalk   

14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs 

15 - The Master and His Pupil  

16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse    

17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box   

18 - The Story of the Three Bears    

19 - Jack the Giant-Killer   

20 - Henny Penny    

21 - Childe Rowland   

22 - Molly Whuppie   

23 - The Red Ettin   

24 - The Golden Arm   

25 - The History of Tom Thumb  

26 - Mr. Fox  

27 - Lazy Jack 

28 - Johnny-Cake    

29 - Earl Mar's Daughter    

30 - Mr. Miacca 

31 - Whittington and His Cat  

32 - The Strange Visitor    

33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh    

34 - The Cat and the Mouse   

35 - The Fish and the Ring   

36 - The Magpie's Next 

37 - Kate Crackernuts  

38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton  

39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick 

40 - Fairy Ointment   

41 - The Well of the World's End    

42 - Master of All Masters   

43 - The Three Heads of the Well

A collection of traditional English fairy tales!

00 - Preface  

01 - Tom Tit Tot    

02 - The Three Sillies 

03 - The Rose Tree   

04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig 

05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune 

06 - Mr. Vinegar    

07 - Nix Nought Nothing 

08 - Jack Hannaford   

09 - Binnorie  

10 - Mouse and Mouser  

11 - Cap o’ Rushes   

12 - Teeny-tiny 

13 - Jack and the Beanstalk   

14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs 

15 - The Master and His Pupil  

16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse    

17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box   

18 - The Story of the Three Bears    

19 - Jack the Giant-Killer   

20 - Henny Penny    

21 - Childe Rowland   

22 - Molly Whuppie   

23 - The Red Ettin   

24 - The Golden Arm   

25 - The History of Tom Thumb  

26 - Mr. Fox  

27 - Lazy Jack 

28 - Johnny-Cake    

29 - Earl Mar's Daughter    

30 - Mr. Miacca 

31 - Whittington and His Cat  

32 - The Strange Visitor    

33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh    

34 - The Cat and the Mouse   

35 - The Fish and the Ring   

36 - The Magpie's Next 

37 - Kate Crackernuts  

38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton  

39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick 

40 - Fairy Ointment   

41 - The Well of the World's End    

42 - Master of All Masters   

43 - The Three Heads of the Well

A collection of traditional English fairy tales!

00 - Preface  

01 - Tom Tit Tot    

02 - The Three Sillies 

03 - The Rose Tree   

04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig 

05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune 

06 - Mr. Vinegar    

07 - Nix Nought Nothing 

08 - Jack Hannaford   

09 - Binnorie  

10 - Mouse and Mouser  

11 - Cap o’ Rushes   

12 - Teeny-tiny 

13 - Jack and the Beanstalk   

14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs 

15 - The Master and His Pupil  

16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse    

17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box   

18 - The Story of the Three Bears    

19 - Jack the Giant-Killer   

20 - Henny Penny    

21 - Childe Rowland   

22 - Molly Whuppie   

23 - The Red Ettin   

24 - The Golden Arm   

25 - The History of Tom Thumb  

26 - Mr. Fox  

27 - Lazy Jack 

28 - Johnny-Cake    

29 - Earl Mar's Daughter    

30 - Mr. Miacca 

31 - Whittington and His Cat  

32 - The Strange Visitor    

33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh    

34 - The Cat and the Mouse   

35 - The Fish and the Ring   

36 - The Magpie's Next 

37 - Kate Crackernuts  

38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton  

39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick 

40 - Fairy Ointment   

41 - The Well of the World's End    

42 - Master of All Masters   

43 - The Three Heads of the Well

A collection of traditional English fairy tales!

00 - Preface  

01 - Tom Tit Tot    

02 - The Three Sillies 

03 - The Rose Tree   

04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig 

05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune 

06 - Mr. Vinegar    

07 - Nix Nought Nothing 

08 - Jack Hannaford   

09 - Binnorie  

10 - Mouse and Mouser  

11 - Cap o’ Rushes   

12 - Teeny-tiny 

13 - Jack and the Beanstalk   

14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs 

15 - The Master and His Pupil  

16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse    

17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box   

18 - The Story of the Three Bears    

19 - Jack the Giant-Killer   

20 - Henny Penny    

21 - Childe Rowland   

22 - Molly Whuppie   

23 - The Red Ettin   

24 - The Golden Arm   

25 - The History of Tom Thumb  

26 - Mr. Fox  

27 - Lazy Jack 

28 - Johnny-Cake    

29 - Earl Mar's Daughter    

30 - Mr. Miacca 

31 - Whittington and His Cat  

32 - The Strange Visitor    

33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh    

34 - The Cat and the Mouse   

35 - The Fish and the Ring   

36 - The Magpie's Next 

37 - Kate Crackernuts  

38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton  

39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick 

40 - Fairy Ointment   

41 - The Well of the World's End    

42 - Master of All Masters   

43 - The Three Heads of the Well

A collection of traditional English fairy tales!

00 - Preface   

01 - Tom Tit Tot     

02 - The Three Sillies  

03 - The Rose Tree    

04 - The Old Woman and Her Pig  

05 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune  

06 - Mr. Vinegar     

07 - Nix Nought Nothing 

08 - Jack Hannaford   

09 - Binnorie  

10 - Mouse and Mouser  

11 - Cap o’ Rushes    

12 - Teeny-tiny 

13 - Jack and the Beanstalk   

14 - The Story of the Three Little Pigs 

15 - The Master and His Pupil  

16 - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse     

17 - Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box    

18 - The Story of the Three Bears    

19 - Jack the Giant-Killer    

20 - Henny Penny     

21 - Childe Rowland   

22 - Molly Whuppie    

23 - The Red Ettin    

24 - The Golden Arm   

25 - The History of Tom Thumb  

26 - Mr. Fox   

27 - Lazy Jack  

28 - Johnny-Cake     

29 - Earl Mar's Daughter     

30 - Mr. Miacca 

31 - Whittington and His Cat   

32 - The Strange Visitor     

33 - The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh    

34 - The Cat and the Mouse    

35 - The Fish and the Ring    

36 - The Magpie's Next  

37 - Kate Crackernuts  

38 - The Cauld Lad of Hilton   

39 - The Ass, the Table, and the Stick  

40 - Fairy Ointment   

41 - The Well of the World's End     

42 - Master of All Masters    

43 - The Three Heads of the Well

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his “people.” When older, larger, stronger apes decide that he an undesirable to be killed or expelled from the tribe, it is fortunate that Tarzan has learned the use of primitive weapons.

Although small and weak by ape standards, Tarzan is a human of god-like strength and agility to men who discover him. By studying these people, he gradually decides he is not an ape at all, but human.

And when he meets Jane, a beautiful American girl marooned with her father and friends on the hostile coast of Africa, Tarzan conceives love for her. When they are unexpectedly rescued before Tarzan can find a way to reveal his feelings to Jane, he determines to become civilized and follow her into the world of people – to find her and wed her, though he must cross continents and oceans, and compete with two other suitors for her hand.

This story was the subject of a successful film in 1932, with Tarzan being played by Johnny Weissmuller, who acted in a further eleven Tarzan films. According to Weissmuller in an interview with Mike Douglas, his famous ape-call was audio stitched together from a soprano, an alto, and a hog-caller! 

The Book of Wonder (1912) is an amazing collection of fourteen tales by one of the pioneers and masters of the fantasy genre Lord Dunsany. Strangeness and humor abound in these delightful stories that were influential to many writers including H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Fritz Leiber among others.

The Book of Wonder (1912) is an amazing collection of fourteen tales by one of the pioneers and masters of the fantasy genre Lord Dunsany. Strangeness and humor abound in these delightful stories that were influential to many writers including H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Fritz Leiber among others.

The Book of Wonder (1912) is an amazing collection of fourteen tales by one of the pioneers and masters of the fantasy genre Lord Dunsany. Strangeness and humor abound in these delightful stories that were influential to many writers including H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Fritz Leiber among others.

David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell.

Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes and Perry are captured by the Mahars' ape-like Sagoth servants and taken with other human captives to the chief Mahar city of Phutra. Among their fellow captives are the brave Ghak, the Hairy One, from the country of Sari, the shifty Hooja the Sly One and the lovely Dian the Beautiful of Amoz. (From Wikipedia.)

David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell.

Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes and Perry are captured by the Mahars' ape-like Sagoth servants and taken with other human captives to the chief Mahar city of Phutra. Among their fellow captives are the brave Ghak, the Hairy One, from the country of Sari, the shifty Hooja the Sly One and the lovely Dian the Beautiful of Amoz. (From Wikipedia.)

David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell.

Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes and Perry are captured by the Mahars' ape-like Sagoth servants and taken with other human captives to the chief Mahar city of Phutra. Among their fellow captives are the brave Ghak, the Hairy One, from the country of Sari, the shifty Hooja the Sly One and the lovely Dian the Beautiful of Amoz. (From Wikipedia.)

David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell.

Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes and Perry are captured by the Mahars' ape-like Sagoth servants and taken with other human captives to the chief Mahar city of Phutra. Among their fellow captives are the brave Ghak, the Hairy One, from the country of Sari, the shifty Hooja the Sly One and the lovely Dian the Beautiful of Amoz. (From Wikipedia.)