(Summary from Wikipedia)įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Carter rescues her from the green men to return her to her people. The red Martians inhabit a loose network of city states and control the desert planet's canals, along which its agriculture is concentrated. The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, a member of the humanoid red Martian race. Thanks to his strength and combat abilities he rises in position in the tribe and earns the respect eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas one of the Thark chiefs. Carter soon falls in among the Tharks, a nomadic tribe of the planet's warlike, four-armed, green inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength on this planet, due to its lesser gravity. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic. John Carter, an American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. LibriVox recording of A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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