The Red Rover

The Red Rover PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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The Red Rover

The Red Rover PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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James Fenimore Cooper: Sea Tales (LOA #54)

James Fenimore Cooper: Sea Tales (LOA #54) PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 9780940450707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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In The Pilot (1824) and The Red Rover (1828), James Fenimore Cooper invented a new literary genre: the sea novel. Collected here in a single Library of America volume, they are among his finest works. Bold, vigorous, original, each is a tale of high adventure that vividly captures the majesty and power of the seafaring life. Cooper drew on his direct knowledge of ships and sailors to present a truer picture of life on the sea than had ever before achieved in literature. As a boy of seventeen he had sailed before the mast on a merchantman bound from New York to London and then to Spain. On board he experienced the life of a common seaman, learned the craft of sailing, encountered terrifying storms, was chased by pirates, and watched the impressment of crew members by a British man-of-war. He later served as an officer in the United States Navy. The Pilot is loosely based upon stories of John Paul Jones’s daring hit-and-run tactics during the Revolutionary War. The shadowy hero, modeled on Jones, leads a squadron of the infant American navy in a series of raids on the English coast, braving fierce storms and the guns of hostile warships, yet never revealing his identity. In this novel Cooper introduced the character of the “old salt,” the seasoned deckhand happy only aboard ship. Long Tom Coffin, with his briny conversation and shrewd nautical advice, is the first of Cooper’s memorable portraits of common seaman. A ghostly ship, an uncanny hero, a heroine kidnapped by pirates, revelations of mistaken identity, and the reunion of long-lost relatives—scenes of romance and adventure fill the pages of The Red Rover, Cooper’s most theatrical novel. Set in the mid-eighteenth century, the tale recounts the exploits of a noble outcast and visionary who foresees America’s destiny as a sovereign nation. Forced into a life of piracy, the Rover conducts his private war of independence in a story that equates the free and daring life with the American dream of self-reliance and liberty from British rule. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

The Two Admirals: A Tale

The Two Admirals: A Tale PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530504070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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The Water Witch, Or The Skimmer of the Seas

The Water Witch, Or The Skimmer of the Seas PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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The Pathfinder Annotated

The Pathfinder Annotated PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Languages : en
Pages : 594

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The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales.

The Pioneers

The Pioneers PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Languages : en
Pages : 624

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Five Novels

Five Novels PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
ISBN: 9780760793084
Category : Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The pathfinder: This fourth Leatherstocking tale finds the pathfinder, Natty Bumppo examining his role as an explorer for British/Colonial forces in the forests and islands around the Great Lakes. He, also falls in love for the first and only time in the novels, only to see his choice all in love with another man.

The Leather-stocking Tales

The Leather-stocking Tales PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Languages : en
Pages : 458

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James Fenimore Cooper's Sea Novels

James Fenimore Cooper's Sea Novels PDF Author: Robert Zoellner
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Languages : en
Pages : 746

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The Deerslayer Illustrated

The Deerslayer Illustrated PDF Author: James Fenimore Cooper
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Languages : en
Pages : 700

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The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo. The novel's setting on Otsego Lake in central, upstate New York, is the same as that of The Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking Tales to be published (1823). The Deerslayer is considered to be the prequel to the rest of the series. Fenimore Cooper begins his work by relating the astonishing advance of civilization in New York State, which is the setting of four of his five Leatherstocking Tales.