Bunduki
Cover of first edition
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| Author | J. T. Edson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Bunduki series |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | Corgi Books |
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Publication date
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April 1975 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 208 pp |
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| Followed by | see article |
| Bunduki | |
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| Created by | J. T. Edson |
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| Aliases | James Allenvale Gunn |
| Gender | Male |
| Spouse(s) | Dawn Drummond-Clayton |
| Relatives |
Tarzan (adoptive father) Jane (adoptive mother) Korak (adoptive brother) |
| Dawn Drummond-Clayton | |
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| Created by | J. T. Edson |
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| Gender | Female |
| Spouse(s) | James Allenvale Gunn |
| Relatives |
Tarzan (great grandfather) Jane Porter (great grandmother) Korak (grandfather)Meriem (grandmother) Bulldog Drummond (granduncle) |
| Nationality | English |
Bunduki is a 1975 novel by J. T. Edson, and the first work in the Bunduki series that followed. The series involves characters related to Tarzan and was initially authorized by the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs. In the opening of the novel the main protagonists are transported from Earth to Zillikian (see below).
All of Edson's Bunduki stories were published in England by Corgi Books:
Short story prequels (set on Earth)
The first three novels were published with permission from both Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Philip José Farmer for the biographical connections between Edson's Bunduki & Dawn, Burroughs' Tarzan characters, and Farmer's Wold Newton family.
Sometime after 1976, ERB Inc. withdrew Edson's permission to use the Tarzan name in future volumes and as a result, the fourth novel and the short stories do not mention Tarzan or Jane by name.
James Allenvale 'Bunduki' Gunn was adopted by Tarzan and Jane Porter at the age of two, after his parents were murdered by rebels during the Mau Mau Uprising. Bunduki is married to Tarzan's great-granddaughter Dawn.
Bunduki's birth father was a descendant of Sir Henry Curtis who explored Africa with Allan Quatermain. His mother—Allison Dawn 'Tex' Gunn—was the granddaughter of Texan Mark Counter. Bunduki's parents served with Dawn's parents in 'Group Thirteen', a Special Missions Organization of the Secret Intelligence Service during World War II.
Tarzan (great grandfather) Jane Porter (great grandmother)
Dawn Drummond-Clayton is the daughter of Sir John Armond Drummond-Clayton (himself the son of Korak and Lady Meriem) and Lady Hazel Drummond-Clayton. Through Korak, Dawn is also the grandniece of Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond.
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