Copyright 1997, Tess Gallagher.
Ray kept his favorite childhood books with his mother, Ella Carver, for safekeeping. Now, they are in the bookshelves closest to his desk at Ridge House. Here they are, in alphabetical order:
Across the Pacific or Ted Scott’s Hop to Australia, Franklin W. Dixon, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928
Carson of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1939
Children of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap (front pages missing; publication date unkown)
Fighting Man of Mars (A), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1930-31
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, Mary W. Shelley, Books, Inc., publication date unkown
God of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940
King Arthur, Henry Gilbert, The Saalfield Publishing Co., publication date unkown
Llana of Gathol, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1948
Lost on Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1935
Lost Range (The), Tower Books Edition, Frank C. Robertson, The World Publishing Company, 1947
Master of Mars (The), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1928
Masterpieces of Mystery, Edgar Allan Poe, Books, Inc., publication date unkown
Motor Boys in Mexico (The) or The Secret of the Buried City, Clarence Young, Cupples & Leon Co., 1906
Pinocchio, C. Collodi, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1924
Princess of Mars (A), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1939
Robin Hood and the Men of Greenwood, Goldsmith Publishing Co., publication date unkown
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, The Saalfield Publishing Co., publication date unkown
Strike Him Out!, Harold M. Sherman, The Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1931
Swiss Family Robinson, Johann R. Wyss, Whitman Publishing Co., 1935
Swords of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1936
Synthetic Men of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book (front cover missing)
Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Better Little Book (both covers missing)
Tarzan the Terrible, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1921
Tarzan the Untamed, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Grosset & Dunlap, 1920
Teen-Age Outdoor Stories, edited by Frank Owen, Grosset & Dunlap, 1947
Telltale Scar (The), (A Tom Quest Adventure), Fran Striker, Grosset & Dunlap, 1947
Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc,. 1920
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, James Otis, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923
Tom Beatty, The Better Little Book (both covers missing)