Edward S. Ellis Explained

Edward Sylvester Ellis
Birth Date:11 April 1840
Birth Place:Geneva, Ohio
Death Place:Cliff Island, Maine
Occupation:Author
Nationality:American
Parents:Sylvester Ellis
Mary Ellis
Spouse:
    Education:Master of Arts (Princeton 1877)
    Signature:Signature of Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840–1916).png
    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

    Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840  - June 20, 1916) was an American author.[1] [2]

    Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles[3] that he produced by his name and by a number of pen names. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Steam Man of the Prairies[4] and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.[5] Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerfoot novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.

    Dime novels

    Seth Jones was a prototypical early dime novel published by Beadle and Adams.[6] It is said that Seth Jones was one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite stories.[7] During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give". It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence is non-existent.

    Pseudonyms

    Besides the one hundred fifty-nine books published by his own name, Ellis' work was published under various pseudonyms, including:[1]

    Partial bibliography

    famous american naval commanders 1899 by edwards . ellis

    Deerfoot series

    Ellis' best known books follow the adventures of Deerfoot of the Shawnee, a young Native American brave based on the historical character of the same name who was renowned for his skill with the bow, and his abilities as a runner.[9]

    Log Cabin series

    This series introduces the characters Oskar Relstaub and Jack Carleton. Deerfoot appears in the second and third books.

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Ellis, Edward Sylvester. Northern Illinois University. Beadle and Adams Dime Novel Digitization Project. 2007-12-30. October 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211004153347/https://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/ellis_edward.html. dead.
    2. Web site: Ellis Bio. Lost Classics Book Company. The Life of Kit Carson. 2007-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/19980610233242/http://www.lostclassicsbooks.com/Bios/ellis.htm. 1998-06-10. dead.
    3. Jayne. R. H.. The Story of Sybrant Quackenboss. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. Nov 1889. XXVIII. 5. 609–611. 25 June 2012.
    4. Ellis. Edward S.. The Steam Man of the Prairies. Beadle's American Novel. August 1868. I. 45.
    5. Ellis. Edward S.. Seth Jones. Beadle's Dime Novels. 2 October 1860. I. 8.
    6. Columbia Literary History of the United States - 1 p554 Emory, Elliott, Martha Banta, Houston A. Baker - 1988 "It is not insignificant to note, therefore, that while Malaeska is best remembered as the first dime novel, Seth Jones is the far more representative work of the House of Beadle and Adams. Seth Jones has none of Malaeska's moral ambiguities.
    7. Vicki Anderson -The Dime Novel in Children's Literature 2004- Page 104 "Before many years had passed, however, the author of Seth Jones had accomplished the feat which the writers' world used to describe as “getting between boards.” In Seth Jones the Native Americans who capture Ina are Mohawks." ... It is said that Seth Jones was one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite stories."
    8. Web site: Mary. Crosson. The War Whoop Series. 25 June 2012.
    9. Book: The meeting with Deerfoot. 9781465585349. Google Books. Ellis. Edward Sylvester. 28 September 2020. Library of Alexandria .
    10. Book: On the Amazons. Google Books. Stephens. Charles Asbury. 1872.
    11. Web site: Log cabin series.

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