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The Huge Hunter, or, the Steam Man of the Prairies

By Edward Sylvester Ellis

2020-07-20 22:06:08

One of the earliest examples of steampunk literature, this 1868 tale was also among the first American science-fiction novels and the very first literary instance of a mechanical man. Extremely popular and much imitated in its day, the story concerns ... Read more
One of the earliest examples of steampunk literature, this 1868 tale was also among the first American science-fiction novels and the very first literary instance of a mechanical man. Extremely popular and much imitated in its day, the story concerns a teenage inventor who constructs an automaton to help him explore the American prairie. Less

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File size133.357 KB
Print pages130
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1482041828
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Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine. Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the...

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