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This historical adventure with a hint of romance takes place during the American Revolution, when a man, only known as Mr. Harper, requests shelter at The Locusts during a storm. When another unknown stranger appears in want of shelter, Mr. Harper, and the Locust family, become quite suspicious. As the battle between the Patriots and the British is fought in their midst, an internal struggle occurs in the house of one family.
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This sensational tale from action-adventure master James Fenimore Cooper takes the form of the life story of a rugged old sailor, Miles Wallingford. As a youth, Miles, his brother, and their slave Neb ran away from the family home to become seamen, dashing the family's hopes that Miles will become a respectable lawyer. Veering wildly from calamities to courageous feats and back again, Afloat and Ashore is one sea tale you won't soon forget. As part...
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James Fenimore Cooper returns to the sea in this rollicking, mysterious adventure, introducing close friends Vice Admiral Sir Gervaise Oakes and Rear Admiral Richard Bluewater as their fleet alights on the southern coast of England. Cooper's sea-faring talents are at their peak in this fascinating story of strained loyalties, intrigue, and heroism.
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Pivoting on the attempts by Dutch merchants and American sailors to evade the taxes of the corrupt British government, The Water-Witch is almost prophetic as Cooper depicts the politics that led to the Revolution. The vivacious Alida de Barberie and her colorful crew make this one of Cooper's most beguiling tales.
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Published in 1838, this novel continues and completes the adventures begun in Homeward Bound, published earlier the same year. The novel begins with the much-delayed return of the Effingham family to Manhattan. Cooper satirizes his fellow countrymen, contrasting them unfavorably with the sophistication acquired by the Effinghams through their European associations.
10) The Lake Gun
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The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Cooper
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11) The Monikins
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In this inventive and comical novel-and his first work of satire-James Fenimore Cooper skewers American and British politics. Here is the story of Sir John Goldencalf, member of British society, and American Captain John Poke, as they accompany four highly intelligent, and conversant, monkeys back to their homeland.
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Set during King Philip's War, this novel takes place in the frontier community of Wish-Ton-Wish. After many years of war between the natives and the English settlers, a family is split between the two sides. The "wept" is a young girl, Ruth Heathcote, who, abducted by Native Americans, grows to marry their leader, Conanchet. Cooper contrasts the bloodthirsty piety of the Puritan preacher Meek Wolfe with the nobility of Conanchet.
13) The Bravo
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Published in 1831, this novel is set in Venice in the bygone days of the Doges. It was inspired by Cooper's travels in Italy. "The author has intended to give his countrymen," writes Cooper in his preface, "a picture of the social system of the soi-distant republics of the other hemisphere." Cooper aims to show, William Cullen Bryant said, that all systems which reserve power for the strong, inherently oppress the weak.
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Published in 1838, Homeward Bound tells the story of the Effingham family's voyage back to the United States after several years in Europe. The events, including sea chases, storms, shipwrecks, attacks by Arabs, and a romance between young Eve Effingham and the handsome but mysterious Paul Powies, provide Cooper with an outlet for social commentary.
15) Precaution
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It has been said that Precaution, James Fenimore Cooper's first novel, was written as the result of a wager Cooper made with his wife. A novel of English society, manners, and morals, Precaution imitates the works of Jane Austen and its intriguing style sets it apart from Cooper's subsequent fiction.
17) Satanstoe
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The first book in Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts trilogy vividly captures "old New York" from the vantage point of one of its earliest families of settlers. This romance follows Cornelius "Corny" Littlepage as he travels from his home on Long Island Sound to nascent Manhattan and into the wilds of the territory, all along sharing his observations of country versus city.