That same year, Burroughs achieved worldwide fame with Tarzan of the Apes, the story of an English nobleman raised by apes in the African jungle. Tarzan became a lasting cultural icon, inspiring more than two dozen sequels and countless film, radio, and television adaptations.
Over his career, Burroughs wrote nearly eighty novels, including the Pellucidar series set at the Earth's core, the Venus series, and The Land That Time Forgot. His fast-paced storytelling and boundless imagination influenced generations of science fiction and fantasy writers. In 1923, he became one of the first American authors to incorporate himself, successfully managing his own literary brand. Burroughs died in 1950, remembered as one of the most influential adventure storytellers of the twentieth century.