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Lifetime: 1840 - 1916 Passed: ≈ 108 years ago

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Edward S. Ellis

Books by Edward S. Ellis

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Life of Kit Carson

Adventure History Non-Fiction Biography
Exploration Integrity Guide Bravery Leadership Frontier West Indian Hunter Native American Army Pathfinder Carson Kit Trapper Colonel Fremont Rocky Mountains Woodcraft

This biography recounts the life of Kit Carson, a renowned figure of the American West. It details his early life as a trapper and hunter, his involvement in the fur trade, and his later service as a guide and scout for John C. Fremont's expeditions...

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Steam Man of the Prairies

Ethan Hopkins and Mickey McSquizzle-a "Yankee" and an "Irishman"-encounter a colossal, steam-powered man in the American prairies. This steam-man was constructed by Johnny Brainerd, a teenaged boy, who uses the steam-man to carry him in a carriage on...

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In the Pecos Country

Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...

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Cave In the Mountain

Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...

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Story of Red Feather

The fierce chieftain Red Feather is leading a raiding party of Sioux across the Montana frontier, and the Clarendon homestead is directly in his path! Melville must escape the siege with his little sister Dot, and gets some unexpected help along the...