Edward S. Ellis

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Edward Sylvester Ellis

Born April 11, 1840(1840-04-11)
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 Anna M. Deane (1862 - 1887)
Clara Spaulding Brown (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.

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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Ellis, Edward Sylvester. Beadle and Adams Dime Novel Digitization Project. Northern Illinois University. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  2. ^ Ellis Bio. The Life of Kit Carson. Lost Classics Book Company. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.

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