# The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies

By Edward Sylvester Ellis.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Robots -- Fiction; Dime novels

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- [Steam Man of the Prairies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/9899) by Edward S. Ellis (3 h 4 min, English)

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