A hunchbacked boy of fifteen builds a man of iron that walks, driven by a steam boiler in its chest, and hitches it to a wagon for the prairies. Ellis was an Ohio schoolteacher who sold his first dime novel at twenty and never stopped, writing hundreds under a dozen names; this 1868 story is the first science fiction the American mass market produced, and every robot since is downstream of it.
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The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer : With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West
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The red wizard, or, the cave captive : Unveiling the Secrets of the Red Wizard's Cave
The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A
The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
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