The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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"The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a dime novel published in 1868. This groundbreaking work stands as the first U.S. science fiction dime novel and an early example of the "Edisonade" genre. When a Yankee and an Irishman encounter a colossal steam-powered mechanical man on the American prairies, they discover it was built by a teenage inventor who uses it to pull his
carriage through frontier adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steam_Man_of_the_Prairies |
| Credits | Produced by Blackmask Online. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Robots -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dime novels |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7506 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-07506-8 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 30, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 348 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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