Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis
Alternate 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; Edward S[ylvester] Ellis; Lieutenant R. H. Jayne; R.H. Jayne; H. R. Jayne; R. H. Jayne; R. H. Jayne Lieut R. H. Jayne
Born: 11 April 1840
Died: 20 June 1916
Bio: An American author born in Ohio, died in Maine, was a teacher and a prolific writer many of whose novels were very popular among young boys until the 1950s (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Ellis>Wikipedia</a>).