Ellis, Edward Sylvester 1840-1916

Thomas Jefferson a character sketch by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
13 editions published between 1898 and 2010 in English and held by 818 libraries worldwide
Thomas Jefferson: A Character Sketch is a compilation of several essays and anecdotes about the life of this unusual man. It begins with two essays covering his life from birth to death. The two span the first fifty pages of the book and are are well written, though penned by different authors. Also included is a significant speech by Daniel Webster given four weeks after Jefferson's death. (Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4th, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.) The rest of the pages are filled with anecdotes and short stories from the life of Jefferson. -Amazon.com.

Seth Jones by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
4 editions published between 1885 and 1981 in English and held by 254 libraries worldwide

Seth Jones or, The captives of the frontier by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
18 editions published between 1860 and 1981 in English and held by 242 libraries worldwide

The history of our country from the discovery of America to the present time by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
23 editions published between 1899 and 1918 in English and held by 209 libraries worldwide

The life of Kit Carson : hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent, and colonel U.S.A by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
23 editions published between 1889 and 2009 in English and held by 178 libraries worldwide

The life and times of Col. Daniel Boone, hunter, soldier, and pioneer by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
4 editions published in 1884 in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide

Library of American history from the discovery of America to the present time by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
6 editions published between 1905 and 1918 in English and held by 155 libraries worldwide

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 by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
10 editions published between 1892 and 1902 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide

The hunters of the Ozark by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
17 editions published between 1887 and 2010 in English and Swedish and held by 113 libraries worldwide
When sixteen-year-old Fred Linden and his fifteen-year-old friend Terry Clark set out to join a party of hunters and trappers in the Louisiana Territory of the late eighteenth century, a Shawanoe warrior called Deerfoot comes to their aid more than once when they encounter danger in the Ozark Mountains.

The camp-fires of General Lee, from the Peninsula to the Appomattox Court-House. With reminiscences of the march, the camp, the bivouac and of personal adventure by Edward Sylvester Ellis ( Book )
2 editions published in 1886 in English and held by 106 libraries worldwide