EM_ark13960t5t757n67_001
Author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
Title: The Bear Tamer, Old Grizzly
Publisher: The General Publishing Company
Publication Date: 1885
URL: archive.org/details/04444815.2980.emory.edu
Description and Synopsis:
The cover depicts the busy scene of a little bear accompanied by a woman on horseback, a group of Native Americans, and a white man potentially tied to a stake.
Further Notes:
American author, Edward Sylvester Ellis, had a prolific career. He wrote under many pseudonyms, making attribution of all of his works tricky. He wrote books for children and adults and became one of the best known American novelists of his time. Ellis mainly wrote about the American frontier, but he also dabbled in the genres of detective fiction and science fiction (Camp).
Works Cited:
Camp, Paul Eugen. "Edward S(ylvester) Ellis." American Writers for Children Before 1900. Ed. Glenn E. Estes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 42. Literature Resource Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1200001115&v=2.1&...
EM_ark13960t5t757n67_001
Author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
Title: The Bear Tamer, Old Grizzly
Publisher: The General Publishing Company
Publication Date: 1885
URL: archive.org/details/04444815.2980.emory.edu
Description and Synopsis:
The cover depicts the busy scene of a little bear accompanied by a woman on horseback, a group of Native Americans, and a white man potentially tied to a stake.
Further Notes:
American author, Edward Sylvester Ellis, had a prolific career. He wrote under many pseudonyms, making attribution of all of his works tricky. He wrote books for children and adults and became one of the best known American novelists of his time. Ellis mainly wrote about the American frontier, but he also dabbled in the genres of detective fiction and science fiction (Camp).
Works Cited:
Camp, Paul Eugen. "Edward S(ylvester) Ellis." American Writers for Children Before 1900. Ed. Glenn E. Estes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 42. Literature Resource Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1200001115&v=2.1&...