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Author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916

Title: Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons

Publication Date: 1861

URL: archive.org/details/04282590.1601.emory.edu

 

Description and Synopsis:

The cover scene depicts a man taking a pail from a young woman. In the novel, this scene occurs when Seth Jones offers to help a pretty young woman named Ina with her chores (Ellis 13).

 

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&...

 

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