Background
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter was born on April 14, 1846 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elbridge Gerry Brooks.
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter was born on April 14, 1846 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elbridge Gerry Brooks.
Entered Free Academy, now College City of New York, but left in junior year, 1864. Master of Arts, Tufts College, 1887.
Connected with book and publishing trade, since 1865. Associate editor Saint Nicholas, 1884-1887. Editor Wide Awake, 1891-1893.
Then literary editor Lothrop Public Company, Boston.
Author: Historic Boys, 1885. In Leisler’s Times, 1886.
Chivalric Days, 1886. Storied Holidays, 1887.
Historic Girls, 1887.
The Story of the American Indian, 1887. The Story of the American Sailor, 1888. The Story of the American Soldier, 1889.
The True Story of the United States of America, 1891.
The True Story of Christopher Columbus, 1892. The Century Book for Young Americans: the Story of the Government, 1894.
The True Story of George Washington, 1895. A Boy of the First Empire, 1895.
Great Men's Sons, 1895.
Under the Tamaracks—a story of the Thousand Islands, 1896. The True Story of Abraham Lincoln, 1896. The Century Book of Famous Americans, 1896.
The True Story of United States Grant, 1897.
The True Story of Benjamin Franklin, 1898. The Master of the Strong Hearts, 1898.
The True Story of Lafayette, 1899. Historic Americans, 1899.
Stories of the Old Bay State, 1899.
On Woodcone Island, 1899. In Blue and White, 1899. The Story of the Nineteenth Century, 1900.
With Lawton and Roberts, 1900.
The Century Book of the American Colonies, 1900. Also many other books
Home: Somerville, Massachusetts
Married Hannah Melissa Debaun, October 19, 1870.