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McWhorter, curator of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection at the University of Louisville and president of the Burroughs Bibliophiles, discusses the scope of the 30,000-item collection and his forthcoming bibliographic catalogue. He covers ERB's literary legacy, the origins of characters based on real people, the history of the Tarzan comic strip from Hal Foster onward, and the ongoing Ballantine Books reprint program. Part 1 of 2.

In part two, McWhorter explores what keeps Edgar Rice Burroughs in print: his timeless, fully imagined worlds, rich humor, and moral underpinnings. They discuss Burroughs' classical vocabulary, his satirical streak, the history of Tarzan in film adaptations, the founding of fan organizations, and the need for quality screenwriters to restore Burroughs' literary reputation.