Jungle Girl is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs was an American writer, best known for his abundant output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy categories. Excerpt:" The lives of private soldiers of the royal guard of a Khmer king were far from thrilling. Their most important assignment was to guard duty, which fell to the lot of each soldier once in every four days. There were drills daily, both upon foot and upon elephants, and there were numerous parades and ceremonies."