"Remarkable fun. I recommend it to steampunk fans and to those interested in sci-fi literature history." — Reviews by Martha's Books 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, The Steam Man of the Prairies recounts a teenage inventor's road test of his automaton, in which he conducts a party of gold prospectors across Indian territory. 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 Kirkus Reviews 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."

The Steam Man of the Prairies

Literature & Fiction

Ellis, Edward S.

United States

Dover Publications

The Life Of Colonel David Crocket

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Biographies & Memoirs

Travelers & Explorers

Wentworth Press

The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot

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Military

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Our Republic And A Review Of The World's History: Including The Achievements And Triumphs Of Inventors And Scientists In Making The Last Century The Greatest In The History Of The World

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

The Life And Times Of Col. Daniel Boone: Hunter, Soldier And Pioneer (1884)

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The Young Ranchers: Or Fighting The Sioux (1895)

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The History Of Our Country: From The Discovery Of America To The Present Time (1905)

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