The Steam Man of the Prairies - by Edward S Ellis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>One of the earliest examples of steampunk literature and American science-fiction novels, this 1868 tale recounts the adventures of a teenage inventor who constructs an automaton to help him explore the American prairie.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Remarkable fun. I recommend it to steampunk fans and to those interested in sci-fi literature history. -- Reviews by Martha's Books<br>One of the earliest examples of steampunk literature, this 1868 story was actually written during the Victorian era and was among the first American science-fiction novels. In fact, the tale features the very first literary instance of a mechanical man, published long before the term robot was coined. Extremely popular and much imitated in its day, <i>The Steam Man of the Prairies</i> recounts a teenage inventor's road test of his automaton, in which he conducts a party of gold prospectors across Indian territory. <br>This book marked the beginning of a genre that came to be known as edisonades -- dime novels centered on a young genius and his invention that captivated boys of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Educator and author Edward S. Ellis wrote more than 100 such tales, under his own name and more than a dozen others. In addition to appealing to boys' fascination with engineering and technology, edisonades offered plenty of action and adventure in untamed parts of the world. As <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> noted, Ellis' works serve as a good window into the attitudes of the time and provide some context for how the future was viewed as well as how much the world was changing.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916) produced hundreds of books and articles, both under his own name and under more than a dozen pen names. Best known for his <i>Deerfoot</i> novels of the Old West, Ellis also wrote works of biography and history.
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