No one had ever penetrated the Great Thorn Forest until Tarzan of the Apes crashed his plane on his first solo flight. Within lay a beautiful country. But in it lived the Alahi, strange stone-age giants whose women regarded all men as less than slaves. And beyond the Alahi lay the country of the Ant-Men - little people only eighteen inches tall. There, in Trohanadalmakus, Tarzan was an honored guest - until he was captured by the warriors of Veltopismakus in one of the ant-men's wars. They had their plans for the ape-man. By the advanced science of the little men, Tarzan was shrunk to their size and set to work as a quarry slave.

"Tarzan and the Ant Men" was first published in Argosy All Story Weekly (February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15, 1924). The first hardcover edition was published by A.C. McClurg, September 30, 1924. The dust jacket and sepia frontispiece were done by J. Allen St. John.