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Edward Sylvester Ellis
1840–1916
A hugely prolific 19th-century storyteller, he helped shape the American adventure tale with frontier fiction, boys’ books, and early science-flavored fantasy. Best known for fast-paced, accessible stories, he wrote for a mass audience and left behind an enormous body of work.
77 Audiobooks
The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Wolf Ear the Indian: A story of the great uprising of 1890-91
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A.
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Lost Trail
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Adrift in the Wilds; Or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Riflemen of the Miami
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Footprints in the Forest
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Phantom of the River
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Colonel Crockett, the Texan trailer
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The phantom hunter; or, love after death
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Lost Trail
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Little Rifle; or, The Young Fur Hunters
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Among the Esquimaux; or, Adventures under the Arctic Circle
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Three Trappers; or, The Apache Chief's Ruse
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described Adapted to Private Schools, High Schools and Academies
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Deerfoot in The Mountains
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Wyoming
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Boy Miners; Or, The Enchanted Island, A Tale of the Yellowstone Country
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Daughter of the Chieftain : the Story of an Indian Girl
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
A Young Hero; Or, Fighting to Win
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Virran kummitus: Kertomus intiaanimetsistä
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Brave Tom; Or, The Battle That Won
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
In the Pecos Country
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Land of Mystery
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Mad Anthony's scouts; or, The rangers of Kentucky
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Two Boys in Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3)
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Young Ranchers; Or, Fighting the Sioux
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Ned in the Block-House: A Tale of Early Days in the West
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Old Ruff, the Trapper; or, The Young Fur-Hunters
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Joe Napyank; or, The River Rifles
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Boy Patrol on Guard
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The red wizard, or, the cave captive
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Deerfoot on the Prairies
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Forest Monster; or, Lamora, the Maid of the Canon
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Bill Biddon, Trapper; or, Life in the Northwest
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Adrift on the Pacific: A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Campers Out; Or, The Right Path and the Wrong
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Ranger; Or, The Fugitives of the Border
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Blazing Arrow: A Tale of the Frontier
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Alden the Pony Express rider : or, Racing for life
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Dewey and Other Naval Commanders
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Oonomoo the Huron
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Through Apache Land
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Wetzel, the Scout; or, The Captives of the Wilderness
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Story of Red Feather: A Tale of the American Frontier
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Frontier Angel: A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail: A Tale of the Present Day
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Boy Patriot
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Great Cattle Trail
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Star of India
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Camp-fire and Wigwam
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Across Texas
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
A Waif of the Mountains
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Intiaanin kiitollisuus: Seikkailuja kaukaisessa lännessä
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or, Good Health for Boys and Girls
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Young Scout: The Story of a West Point Lieutenant
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Boy Hunters of Kentucky
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border and Revolutionary Times
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Up the Forked River; Or, Adventures in South America
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Hunters of the Ozark
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Flying Boys to the Rescue
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Wilderness Fugitives
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Flying Boys in the Sky
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
La captive des Mohawks
by Edward Sylvester Ellis
About the author
Born in Geneva, Ohio, in 1840, Edward Sylvester Ellis became an American author, teacher, school administrator, and journalist. He wrote hundreds of books and magazine pieces, sometimes under his own name and sometimes under pseudonyms, building a reputation as one of the most productive popular writers of his era.
His fiction is especially tied to frontier adventure and boys’ literature. Among his best-known works are Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier and The Steam Man of the Prairies, a novel often remembered for its early blend of adventure and imaginative machinery. That mix of action, invention, and brisk storytelling helped make his work widely read in the late 19th century.
Ellis died in 1916. Today he is remembered less as a literary stylist than as a major popular writer whose stories reached a broad readership and captured the excitement of American historical romance, wilderness adventure, and youthful escapade.