| May 2012 | | SU | MO | TU | WE | TH | FR | SA | | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Breckenridge Ellis
| J. Breckenridge Ellis
was the son of the headmaster of Plattsburg College. He was
born in Hannibal, MO, and moved to Plattsburg at the age often. He
was always an avid reader of the then-popular "five and
dime" novels.
He lost the use of his legs from
spinal meningitis as a youth and also losthis eye-sight at the age
of 21, but still he persisted in writing and learning. He churned
out many action and detective novels and slice-of-life works
through his career. Several of them were turned into motion
pictures in the early days of that industry in the 1900s-1920s.
|
|
|
|
Among the movies made of his
writings were "Love Hunger," "Cinderella of the
Hills," "Emmy of the Stork's Nest" and "The
Shadow on the Wall." "Breck Ellis spent a great
amount of his life traveling and learning but returned to live out
his days in Plattsburg. His home is still standing on Clay Avenue.
The Ellis Elementary School in Plattsburg bears his name. |
|
|
|
|
|
