birth_date: 1840-04-11 00:00:00
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name: Edward S. Ellis
about: Edward Sylvester Ellis was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults. He was a major author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Besides books published under his own name, Ellis' work was published under various pseudonyms, including:Captain James Fenimore Cooper "Bruin" AdamsBoynton M. BelknapCaptain Latham C. CarletonCapt. R.M. HawthorneLieut. Ned HunterLieut. R.H. JayneCaptain H.R. MillbankBillex MullerLieut. J.H. RandolphSeelin RobinsEmerson RodmanE.A. St. Edward Sylvester Ellis was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults. He was a major author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Besides books published under his own name, Ellis' work was published under various pseudonyms, including:Captain James Fenimore Cooper "Bruin" AdamsBoynton M. BelknapCaptain Latham C. CarletonCapt. R.M. HawthorneLieut. Ned HunterLieut. R.H. JayneCaptain H.R. MillbankBillex MullerLieut. J.H. RandolphSeelin RobinsEmerson RodmanE.A. St. Mox ...more
death_date: 1916-06-20 00:00:00