Kasson, John F.

Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man : The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America

Introduction 3(18) Who is the Perfect Man? Eugen Sandow and a New Standard for America 21(56) The Manly Art of Escape The Metamorphoses of Ehrich Weiss 77(80) ``Still a Wild Beast at Heart'' Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dream of Tarzan 157(62) Conclusion 219(6) Notes 225(20) Index 245