Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Description
An American author born in Ohio, died in Maine, was a teacher and a prolific writer many of whose novels were very popular among young boys until the 1950s (Wikipedia).
Books
Alexander Hamilton
Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of treasury under George Washington.
History of the German people from the first authentic annals to the present time
The frontier angel
Flat-boat travel and settlers' adventures just previous to 1800.
Off the reservation
Off the Reservation gives us the best of Allen's political essays, literary criticism, and personal reflections. In section one, "Haggles/gynosophies" (haggles being a persuasive speech in which a hag engages), Allen offers powerful critiques of the Western social constructs of proprietorship, literacy, individualism, and "rape culture" contrasted with the communal and spiritual connection to the earth that characterizes native societies. "Wyrds/orthographies" presents some of the best analysis of Native American literature of the late twentieth century, including the work of N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Mary Tallmountain.