| Edward Sylvester Ellis | |
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| Born | April 11, 1840 Geneva, Ohio |
| Died | June 20, 1916 (aged 76) Cliff Island, Maine |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | James Fenimore Cooper Adams Captain Bruin Adams Boynton M. Belknap J. G. Bethune Captain Latham C. Carleton Frank Faulkner Capt. R. M. Hawthorne Lieut. Ned Hunter Charles E. Lasalle H. R. Millbank Billex Muller Lieut. J. H. Randolph Emerson Rodman E. A. St. Mox Seelin Robins footnotes=Information sourced from NIU Beadle and Adams Novel Digitization Project[1] |
| Education | Master of Arts (Princeton 1877) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse(s) | Anna M. Deane (m. 1862–1887) Clara Spalding Brown (m. 1900) |
| Parents | Sylvester Ellis Mary Ellis |
Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.[2][1]
Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.
Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May).
In the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually turned his pen to more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing.
Pseudonyms
Besides the one hundred fifty-nine books published in his own name, Ellis' work was published under various pen names, including:[1]
- "James Fenimore Cooper Adams" or "Captain Bruin Adams" (68 titles)
- "Boynton M. Belknap" (9 titles)
- "J. G. Bethune" (1 title)
- "Captain Latham C. Carleton" (2 titles)
- "Frank Faulkner" (1 title)
- "Capt. R. M. Hawthorne" (4 titles)
- "Lieut. Ned Hunter" (5 titles)
- "Charles E. Lasalle" (16 titles)
- "H. R. Millbank" (3 titles)
- "Billex Muller" (3 titles)
- "Lieut. J. H. Randolph" (8 titles)
- "Emerson Rodman" (10 titles)
- "E. A. St. Mox" (2 titles)
- "Seelin Robins" (19 titles)
References
- ^ a b c "Ellis, Edward Sylvester". Beadle and Adams Dime Novel Digitization Project. Northern Illinois University. http://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/ellis_edward.html. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- ^ "Ellis Bio". The Life of Kit Carson. Lost Classics Book Company. http://www.lostclassicsbooks.com/bios/ellis.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
External links
- Works by Edward S. Ellis at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward S. Ellis in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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