Edward S. Ellis

Author · 16 books

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" Adams Boynton M. Belknap Captain Latham C. Carleton Capt. R.M. Hawthorne Lieut. Ned Hunter Lieut. R.H. Jayne Captain H.R. Millbank Billex Muller Lieut. J.H. Randolph Seelin Robins Emerson Rodman E.A. St. Mox