Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The Water-Witch, Or, The Skimmer of the Seas
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The Water Witch
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Water-Witch: or the Skimmer of the Seas
Author: Cooper J.F.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521066446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521066446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
The Water - Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781718859470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Water Witch is an 1830 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Set in 17th century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barbérie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine Water Witch, and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow.Cooper wrote the novel, while on an extended tour of Europe, during his stay in the villa Palazzu detta del Tasso near Naples. Cooper tried to print the novel while he was in Italy in 1829 but Papal censors forbade its publication in Italy. Cooper was then able to print the novel in Dresden, before also sending copies to his publishers in the US and England. Critic Allan Axelrod describes the novel as heavily influenced by the Italian context of its writing, noting that it even compares the landscapes of New York with that of Italy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781718859470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Water Witch is an 1830 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Set in 17th century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barbérie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine Water Witch, and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow.Cooper wrote the novel, while on an extended tour of Europe, during his stay in the villa Palazzu detta del Tasso near Naples. Cooper tried to print the novel while he was in Italy in 1829 but Papal censors forbade its publication in Italy. Cooper was then able to print the novel in Dresden, before also sending copies to his publishers in the US and England. Critic Allan Axelrod describes the novel as heavily influenced by the Italian context of its writing, noting that it even compares the landscapes of New York with that of Italy.
The Water-witch, Or, The Skimmer of the Seas
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Water-Witch
Author: J. Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434429278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century, best known for The Last of the Mohicans. The Water-Witch is one of his sea stories, which he wrote while living in Paris.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434429278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century, best known for The Last of the Mohicans. The Water-Witch is one of his sea stories, which he wrote while living in Paris.
Cooper's Novels: The water-witch: or, the skimmer of the seas
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Water-Witch
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
ISBN: 9781603129077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Alderman Myndert Van Beverout is Alida's uncle and steward, and he intends to have her marry the Patroon of Kindhook. He takes the whole wedding party on a boat to cross the river, but to his dismay they speak little to each other. When the boat is mismanaged by the crew, a young unnamed stranger takes over and expertly handles the small boat until the danger passes. While he does this, discourse ensues and they hear the story of "The Water-Witch," a brigantine that sails the rivers so expertly that it must be manned by a supernatural crew -- or so the story goes. But it was also said that "The Water-Witch" was also a boatload of buccaneers, pirating goods and selling them elsewhere. Alida is fascinated by this stranger who knows so much about the sea, but she is too much a lady to ask any more questions of this knowledgeable stranger. She thinks nothing more of him after they leave the boat. Until he reappears into her life -- and she learns that the stranger is much more dangerous than she ever imagined. * James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer best known for writing seafaring stories as well as romantic novels. His most celebrated work is "The Last of the Mohicans,"
Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
ISBN: 9781603129077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Alderman Myndert Van Beverout is Alida's uncle and steward, and he intends to have her marry the Patroon of Kindhook. He takes the whole wedding party on a boat to cross the river, but to his dismay they speak little to each other. When the boat is mismanaged by the crew, a young unnamed stranger takes over and expertly handles the small boat until the danger passes. While he does this, discourse ensues and they hear the story of "The Water-Witch," a brigantine that sails the rivers so expertly that it must be manned by a supernatural crew -- or so the story goes. But it was also said that "The Water-Witch" was also a boatload of buccaneers, pirating goods and selling them elsewhere. Alida is fascinated by this stranger who knows so much about the sea, but she is too much a lady to ask any more questions of this knowledgeable stranger. She thinks nothing more of him after they leave the boat. Until he reappears into her life -- and she learns that the stranger is much more dangerous than she ever imagined. * James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer best known for writing seafaring stories as well as romantic novels. His most celebrated work is "The Last of the Mohicans,"
The Water-Witch Or the Skimmer of the Seas
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435307254
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435307254
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
James Fenimore Cooper
Author: Wayne Franklin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300135718
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: From Manhattan to Paris -- TWO: London and the Alps -- THREE: Italian Skies -- FOUR: Imaginary Politics -- FIVE: Republican Principles -- SIX: Rough Homecoming -- SEVEN: Public Versus Private -- EIGHT: Libels on Libels -- NINE: A Legacy Reclaimed -- TEN: Piecework and Patchwork -- ELEVEN: At Sea -- TWELVE: Coming on Shore -- THIRTEEN: Florida and the Pacific -- FOURTEEN: Speculations -- FIFTEEN: Last Words -- SIXTEEN: Endings -- APPENDIX: Cooper's Libel Suits -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300135718
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: From Manhattan to Paris -- TWO: London and the Alps -- THREE: Italian Skies -- FOUR: Imaginary Politics -- FIVE: Republican Principles -- SIX: Rough Homecoming -- SEVEN: Public Versus Private -- EIGHT: Libels on Libels -- NINE: A Legacy Reclaimed -- TEN: Piecework and Patchwork -- ELEVEN: At Sea -- TWELVE: Coming on Shore -- THIRTEEN: Florida and the Pacific -- FOURTEEN: Speculations -- FIFTEEN: Last Words -- SIXTEEN: Endings -- APPENDIX: Cooper's Libel Suits -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations