Edward S. EllisResenhas

Hjortfot (engelska Deerfoot) är en fiktiv person som förekommer i en serie indianböcker av den amerikanske författaren Edward S. Ellis.
Idag är de daterade och mest intressanta som exempel på tidig kiosklitteratur

This is the first volume in an early 20th century history of America. It covers the European exploration of the New World and the establishment of the English colonies in North America, except for Georgia. It is an entertaining, well-illustrated history. Highly critical of Spanish abuses, it also criticizes the English. The author is sympathetic to the sufferings of the Native Americans and describes their cultural and political life.

The touching tale of an unexpected friendship in the face of overwhelming odds

Blair Robertson has a powerful gift: He is a great talker. When he speaks, other kids listen. And he really loves to speak. One of his favorite subjects is his native land, the new United States of America. When Hal, a British orphan, passes by Blair and his friends, Blair yells, “Down with the British!” and compels his friends to toss poor Hal off the dock and into the water. Little to Blair’s knowledge, Hal doesn’t know how to swim.

Set in Fairport, Maine, at the outbreak of the War of 1812, The Boy Patriot follows Blair as he attempts to balance his patriotism with the need to do right, while learning that friendship can emerge from the most unlikely places. When a British vessel arrives on the horizon, though, Blair knows his life will never be the same.

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This book is part of a series. Vol IV begins with chapters on Germany (56 thru 69), Austria (60 thru 75) and France ( 76 thru 77). Every other page is a full page illustration

Western/Edisonian adventure story about genius inventor and his steam powered machine. I didn't think the writing was very good.

"Efter en spännande och farlig färd över Klippiga bergen måste Hjortfot och hans vänner Victor, George och Mul-tal-la övervintra hos svartfots-indianerna innan de kan fortsätta sin resa."

"Indianen Hjortfot och hans vänner Victor och George ger sig iväg på en lång resa för att få se det stora havet, Stilla oceanen. Färden går över prärien och de upplever spännande möten med bland annat buffelhjordar, fientliga indianer och en vildsint björn."

Story of a WP Lieutennant

This was published in the Beadle's American 6d Library, bound in with no. 2 in the series, Alice Wilde, the latter taking up pages 124-128.

Should have been titled The Roundup, Interrupted w/stereotypically characterized American Indians

The Story of South Africa is quite the epic tale at 1,016 pages. Written in 1902 at the end of the Boer War it tells the entire story of the South African Republic also known as the Transvaal (as well as their sister independent country - the Orange Free State) from beginning to eventual annexation of both by the British Empire.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Transvaal, the Afrikaanders or the English treatment of such and the eventual war & end of independent South Africa is told within these pages. In an effort to be a non biased account it tells the story of the conflict and lead up to such from both sides. Nor does it hold back on criticism of either group calling out errors & mistakes for what they are.

If you have ever been interested in the shaping of Africa, the British Empire, Dutch Africa, the Boer War, the development of African resources or world history in general you won't go wrong with this book. It's excellent.½

The Boy Patrol on Guard (adventure kindle books)
One bright sunshiny day in the summer of 1912, a boy some seventeen years old awoke to the fact that he had lost his way in the depth of the woods of southern Maine.

He was a sturdy Irish youth, with red hair, freckled face, a fine set of teeth, an exhaustless fund of good nature, humor and wit, of pugnacious temperament, like so many of his people, but so truthful and chivalrous that every one with whom he came in contact speedily grew to like him.

Now, if you have idled your time in reading my “Launch Boys” stories, you will recall this lad, Mike Murphy by name, for they gave a pretty full record of his adventures on the Kennebec and along its shores. In order to make clear the incidents that follow I must add a few words of explanation.

Mike, as you may recall, was gifted with a voice of marvelous purity and sweetness. His singing of several Irish songs on the steamer crossing the Atlantic enthralled the listeners and so roused the admiration of a famous prima donna that she offered to prepare him for the operatic stage, but there was nothing attractive in such a career to the modest lad. He preferred the simple life with its invigorating ozone and freedom. During the winter months he was one of the most regular attendants at the school in Boothbay Harbor, where, under the skilful tutelage of Professor Herbert E. Bowman, he made rapid progress in his studies. So with warm thanks to the distinguished songstress, he passed up the proposition.

Mike’s father was caretaker for the millionaire capitalist, Gideon Landon, of New York, who had built a fine bungalow on the southern end of Southport Island, where the Irishman, his wife and the son Mike dwelt in a cottage near the large structure. A little way to the south was the home of Chester Haynes in a bungalow less pretentious than the other. Alvin Landon and Chester Haynes were chums, the former being the owner of a splendid launch, the Deerfoot, in which the three boys met with more than one stirring adventure. Although Mike knew nothing about the management of a boat, Alvin made him his first mate, and thus opened the way for the experiences that have been related elsewhere.

Hardly had the summer’s sport begun for the three boys with their motor boat, when the machinery broke down disastrously. It was plain that the craft would have to go to the repair shops in Portland before it could be of any further use to them. Accordingly, it was towed to that city, with the natural request that work should be rushed. The reply came back that there was such a congestion in the shops that it would require two or three weeks to complete the job. You know what that always means. The time is sure to be much longer than named, and it may be said the boys knew such would be the fact. It was a keen disappointment to them, but there was no help for it and they accepted the situation like true philosophers.

This incident, trifling of itself, brought consequences to our young friends of which none of them dreamed. Alvin and Chester while at home had become interested in the admirable Boy Scout organization, and had joined the Blazing Arrow Patrol, of which their old friend “Bert Hall” was Scout Master. He was arranging for an outing in the Adirondacks with the Stag and Eagle Patrols, when the plan was changed for reasons that will soon be explained. Their destination became Gosling Lake in southern Maine, a few miles back in the woods from the Kennebec River.

Alvin and Chester decided to bear them company as tenderfeet. They provided themselves with natty uniforms, and, knowing the size required for Mike, sent a suit by express to him with the request that he should join them in the hike to the cool twilight of the pine woods.

This is the outline of a biography of an interesting individual, but without much depth or color. The descriptions of the conditions, people and history of that early 19th century west does make it worth the time to read this short book.

This is a science fiction dime novel; sf critic John Clute considers it the first "edisonade," which is a tale of an Edison-like inventor figure who comes up with a piece of technology that allows him to travel into unknown territory, beat up some natives, and generally strike it rich. This one in specific is about Johnny Brainerd, a young boy from St. Louis who possesses both dwarfism and a keen technical mind, and who builds a steam-powered automaton and then heads West to help a couple prospectors find gold and defend themselves from Indians. This is, of course, the "real" version of the thing we now call "steampunk," but the premise is the most engaging part; the bulk of the novel consists of finding different ways to escape from Indians, and it quickly becomes dull. (That said, compared to later edisonades like the Frank Reade Jr. ones, it's a work of art.)

In the 1860s, the publishing company Beadle and Company began publishing short, cheap adventure novels about the wilderness, the Wild West, pirates and the such other rousing topics. These "dime novels" soon became a national phenomenon. In 1966, Odyssey Press published a slim volume including two of these novels along with an introduction by UCLA professor Philip Durham.

Seth Jones or the Captives of the Frontier is a snappy adventure following woodsman and Indian fighter Seth Jones as he helps rescue a young maiden who has been captured by the Indians in the wilderness of New York state just after the American Revolution. This is basically a fun page-turner and of interest for anyone wanting to read the sort of thing that succeeded as mass entertainment literature 150 years ago in the U.S.

The second novel in the volume is Deadwood Dick on Deck by Edward L. Wheeler.

England

A good cover design of a native American. A School Board of London book label shows that the book was awarded to Robert Nicholson at Glyn Road School for punctual and regular attendance during the year ended 31st July 1901. The book shows every sign of never having been read.

Varhaisnuorten lukemistojen vanhempaa tavaraa; päähenkilönä shawnee-intiaani Nopsajalka, jonka hahmoon liittyvät asetelmat (hyvä-paha intiaani-asetelma, kristinuskon sisäistänyt intiaani, ylivertaiset erätaidot omaava superintiaani, valkoisten ystävä, jne.) ja muutenkin tarina sisällisesti paljolti lainaa Fennimore Cooperilta (samantapaisesti tapahtumaan jonnekin 1600-1700-luv. tienoille). Tarinan kulku varsin sujuvaa, joten ilman ed.main. ilmeisen rasistisia piileviä tyypittelyjä tätä voisi suositella hiljattain lukemaan oppineille.