Elbridge S. BrooksE. S. Brooks in full name, Elbridge Streeter Brooks was an American writer, editor, and critic who lived from April 14, 1846, to January 7, 1902. He is primarily renowned for writing numerous children's books, both fiction and nonfiction, many of whih focus on patriotic or historical themes. Elbridge S. Brooks used it as his byline for most of his writing. Elbridge Gerry Brooks and Martha Fowle (Monroe) Brooks, both Universalist ministers, welcomed their son Brooks on April 14, 1846, in Lowell, Massachusetts. His father served at several churches in Bath, Maine; Lynn, Massachusetts; and New York City, where he was raised. In 1861, he enrolled in the Free Academy (later known as the College of the City of New York), which he left in his junior year to look for employment. He received his education in the public schools of Lynn and New York. Later, in 1887, he graduated from Tufts College with an A.M. He resided in Philadelphia and New York City as an adult before coming to Somerville, Massachusetts, the town of his mother, in 1887. In 1870, he wed Hannah-Melissa Debaun, a New Yorker. Christine Brooks and Geraldine were their daughters. Read More Read Less