Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The Ways of the Hour
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The Works of James Fenimore Cooper: Home as found
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
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James Fenimore Cooper, Representative Selections
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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This volume is ... restricted to the critical prose in order that the student may, by means of it, gain a knowledge of the mind of one ot the first authors to give form and direction to American literature.
The Pathfinder Annotated
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 593
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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 Cooper wrote featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales. The inland sea of the title is Lake Ontario.
The Works of J. Fenimore Cooper
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1042
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The American Democrat
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 1412811031
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1931.
The American Democrat and Other Political Writings
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895262424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
His argument, that the real American should be one rooted in virtue, honor, and honesty, transcend time and historical era. This edition is the first to combine all three works - the entirety of Letter and The American Democrat, and numerous excerpts from Notions.".
James Fenimore Cooper
Author: Wayne FranklinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300229100
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
A definitive new biography of James Fenimore Cooper, early nineteenth century master of American popular fiction American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) has been credited with inventing and popularizing a wide variety of genre fiction, including the Western, the spy novel, the high seas adventure tale, and the Revolutionary War romance. America’s first crusading novelist, Cooper reminds us that literature is not a cloistered art; rather, it ought to be intimately engaged with the world. In this second volume of his definitive biography, Wayne Franklin concentrates on the latter half of Cooper’s life, detailing a period of personal and political controversy, far-ranging international travel, and prolific literary creation. We hear of Cooper’s progressive views on race and slavery, his doubts about American expansionism, and his concern about the future prospects of the American Republic, while observing how his groundbreaking career management paved the way for later novelists to make a living through their writing. Franklin offers readers the most comprehensive portrait to date of this underappreciated American literary icon.
James Fenimore Cooper: Sea Tales (LOA #54)
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher: Library of America
ISBN: 9780940450707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
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.
Works
Author: James Fenimore CooperPublisher: Greenwood Press
ISBN: 9780837126791
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 679
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