Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan of the Apes, under the pen name of Norman Bean (which was a typographical error for Normal Bean), it was his first professional story, published in 1912, one hundred years ago this year. It follows the adventures of John Carter of Earth and Dejah Thoris of Barsoom (Mars). Now a great Disney picture—JOHN CARTER. In 1929, a condensation of the story was published in Modern Mechanics and Inventions.