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Sep 1, 1984 · Mel Ellis was a prolific, venerable writer and observer of the Wisconsin landscape. He crafted outdoor columns for The Milwaukee Journal for 15 years, wrote short stories, edited a field column for Field & Streeam for 12 years, penned magazine pieces for national media and three of his 18 books became Disney TV movies.
Sep 2, 1984 · WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Noted Wisconsin outdoor writer Mel Ellis died Saturday at the age of 72. Ellis died at Waukesha Memorial Hospital a day after entering the hospital with a respiratory illness.
Mar 2, 2024 · Mel Ellis was a popular and prolific writer who penned some 20 books, hundreds of magazine articles, and thousands of newspaper columns. by Tom Davis - Saturday, Mar 2nd, 2024. Photo: Mel Ellis with his wife Gwen at Little Lakes (photo: courtesy of the Ellis family).
Sep 20, 2024 · Critics praised the Little Lakes columns as marking Ellis graduation from rod-and-gun writer to observer and narrator of the natural world. His writing captured the sense of wonder and ...
Mel Ellis (1912–84) also wrote under the name Melvin Richard Ellis, though the majority of his books were written as Mel Ellis. The Wild Horse Killers was filmed as Wild Horse Hank in 1979, starring a young Linda Blair (later to win fame as the heroine of The Exorcist).
Jan 1, 1970 · Mel Ellis. 3.84. 90 ratings17 reviews. A boy and his pet white wolf flee before a state-wide hunt to locate and destroy the animal. Genres Animals Fiction Young Adult Childrens. 208 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1970. Book details & editions. About the author. Mel Ellis. 30 books8 followers.
Jul 1, 1998 · Mel Ellis describes how he and his wife and their five daughters (The Rebels) turned a tract of pastureland into a haven for trees, flowers and wildlife. In the lore of nature and the environment, Little Lakes is as familiar and as important as Aldo Leopold's Sand County.
