Ann S. Stephens

American novelist and magazine editor, early writer of dime novels

1810–1886 Historical

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About Ann S. Stephens

Ann Sophia Stephens was an American novelist and magazine editor. She wrote dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre; her Malaeska, issued in 1860 by Beadle and Adams, was the first of their dime novels. She also edited magazines and wrote many serial stories. Esther: A Story of the Oregon Trail is one of her adventures of the American West.

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Esther: A Story of the Oregon Trail

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A wagon train is camped on the prairie, moving west along the Oregon Trail. At dawn, Esther Morse slips out of her tent to walk among the wildflowers, past a guard who wa...

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