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A Princess of Mars (Barsoom / John Carter of Mars, Bk 1)
A Princess of Mars - Barsoom / John Carter of Mars, Bk 1 Author:Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the first of his famous Barsoom series. John Carter is prospecting in Arizona when he finds himself on the run from Apaches. He hides in a cave and is mysteriously transported to Mars! There he meets the Tharks, green martians who stand fifteen feet tall and h... more »ave six arms.
Carter discovers he has incredible strength on Mars because of the lesser gravity, and soon becomes a respected warrior. Carter meets Dejah Thoris, a princess of Mars from the red martian race, and a prisoner of the fierce green giants who held him captive, as well. He rescues her and falls in love, but must fight to protect her. Her oval face was beautiful in the extreme, her every feature finely chisled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure. Similar in face and figure to women of Earth, she was nevertheless a true Martian!« less