Author:Edward Sylvester Ellis

Edward Sylvester Ellis
(1840–1916)

Edward Sylvester Ellis

Works

• Seth Jones, or, the Captives of the Frontier (1860)
• The Hunter's Cabin: an episode of the early settlements of southern Ohio (1862) (transcription project)
• Oonomoo the Huron, 1911 (1862) sequel to The Hunter's Cabin
• The Huge Hunter, or The Steam Man from the Praries (1870?) science fiction
• Cowmen and Rustlers, A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges in 1892 (1898) [IA]
• The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel USA (1899) non-fiction [IA]
• The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India (1903) title novella and short stories
• Alden the Pony Express Rider, or, Racing for life (1909) illustrated by Edwin John Prittie

Fiction

• Bill Biddon, Trapper, or Life in the north-west (1860)
• The Frontier Angel: a romance of the Kentucky rangers' life (1861) [IA]
• Nathan Todd, or, The fate of the Sioux' captive (1861) [IA]
• The Trail Hunters, or, Monowano, the Shawnee spy (1861) [IA]
• Irona, or Life on the Old South-West Border (1861)
• The Forest Spy (1861) [IA]
• The Riflemen of Miami (1862) [IA]
• The Hunter's Cabin: an episode of the early settlements of southern Ohio (1862)
  • Oonomoo the Huron, 1911 (1862) sequel to the above
• The Ranger, or, Fugitives of the border (1863) [IA]
• The Rangers of the Mohawk: a tale of Cherry Valley (1864)
• Indian Jim: a tale of the Minnesota massacre (1864)
• The Hunter's Escape: a tale of the North West in 1862 (1864) [IA]
• The Rival Scouts, or, The Forest Garrison: a story of the siege and fall of Fort Presqu'Isle (1865) aka: The Rival Scouts: A tale of the last century [IA]
• The Mystic Canoe: a romance of one hundred years ago (1865)
• The Fugitives, or, The Quaker Scout of Wyoming: a tale of the massacre of 1778 (1865) [IA]
• The Phantom Horseman, or, The mad hunter of the Mohawk (1869)
• The Rival Hunters, or, The forest garrison (1875)
• The Apache Guide, or, The Rescue (1875)
• The Huge Hunter, or The Steam Man from the Praries (1870?) science fiction
• Tom Temple's career (1888) [IA]
• The Land of Mystery (1889)
• The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India
• The Three Arrows (1919) [(microform)]

Series

The Deerfoot series

• Hunters of the Ozark (1880) [IA]
• The Camp in the Mountains
• The Last War Trail (1880) [IA]

The New Deerfoot series

• Deerfoot in the Forest (1905) [Hathitrust]
• Deerfoot on the Prairies (1905) [IA]
• Deerfoot in the Mountains (1905) [IA]

The Log Cabin series

• The Lost Trail: a legend of the far West, 1911 (1864) [PG]
• Camp-Fire and Wigwam (1885?) [PG]
• Footprints in the Forest (1886?) [IA]; [PG]

The Great River series

• Down the Mississippi
• Lost in the Wilds
• Up the Tapajos; or, Adventures in Brazil

The Boy Pioneer series

• Ned in the Woods. A Tale of Early Days in the West.
• Ned on the River. A Tale of Indian River Warfare.
• Ned in the Block House. A Story of Pioneer Life in Kentucky.

The Overland series

• Alden the Pony Express Rider, or, Racing for life (1909) illustrated by Edwin John Prittie
• Alden Among the Indians, or, The Search for the Missing Pony Express Rider (1909?)

The Northwest series

• Two Boys in Wyoming
• Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges [IA]
• A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage

Boone and Kenton series

• Shod with Silence
• In the Days of the Pioneers
• Phantom of the River

The World in Pictures

• A Ramble Round France
• All the Russias
• Chats about Germany
• The Land of the Pyramids (Egypt).
• The Eastern Wonderland (Japan).
• Glimpses of South America
• Round Africa
• The Land of Temples (India)
• The Isles of the Pacific
• Peeps into China

Non-fiction

• Lives of the Presidents of the United States: designed for study and supplementary reading (1897) IA
• The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel USA [IA]
• The Story of the Greatest Nations: with one thousand of the world's famous events portrayed in word and picture (in numerous volumes, 1913)
• Thomas Jefferson: A Character Sketch
• The Life of Colonel David Crockett
• The Indian Wars Of The United States: From the first settlement At Jamestown, in 1607, to the close of the great uprising of 1890-91
• The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer