James Fenimore Cooper
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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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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.
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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...
6) The Bravo
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The Bravo (1831) takes place in early eighteenth-century Venice, when the "Serene Republic" had lost much of its glory, leaving its oligarchs struggling to hold on to their family wealth by manipulating the government and people through secret councils and a figure-head doge. In 1844, Cooper called it "in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote" because of its depiction of the masses duped by demagoguery and the attempts of Congress to rein in...
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The Pathfinder shows Natty at his old trick of guiding tender damsels through the dangerous woods, and the siege at the blockhouse and the storm on Lake Ontario are considerably like other of Cooper's sieges and storms. Natty, in this novel commonly called La Longue Carabine, keeps in a hardy middle age his simple and honest nature, which is severely tested by his love for a young girl. She is a conventional heroine of romance. A certain soft amiability...
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Inhalt:
Lederstrumpf-Romane:
Die Ansiedler an den Quellen des Susquehanna
Der letzte Mohikaner
Die Steppe oder die Prärie
Der Pfadfinder
Der Wildtöter
Littlepage-Trilogie:
Satanstoe, oder die Familie Littlepage
Der Kettenträger oder die Handschriften der Familie Littlepage
Ravensnest oder die Rothhäute.
9) 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.
10) The Lake Gun
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The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Cooper
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The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves...
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Cooper's hypothetical European observer has traveled to the United States for the first time and wants to relate his impressions of the Americans those back home. In volume two "Cooper" visits Washington D.C. and relates his first impressions of the capitol. He focuses on the physical looks, etiquette, what he learns of America's wars, education, language, elections, religion, and many other aspects of American life.
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Uma narrativa que combina heroísmo e romance com uma crítica poderosa à destruição da Natureza e da tradição. Tendo por cenário o cerco francês e índio do forte William Henry em 1757, «O Último Moicano» relata a história de duas irmãs, Cora e Alice Munro, filhas de um comandante inglês, que lutam para poder voltar para junto do pai. Nesta perigosa jornada são ajudas por Olho de Falcão e pelos seus companheiros Chingachgook e Uncas,...
15) 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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Le récit haletant d'une incroyable course poursuite nautique!
Voyageur et marin, James Fenimore Cooper retrace la course-poursuite entre deux navires américains, armés pour la chasse au trésor dans les eaux antarctiques.
Les voiliers finissent par se perdre.
Ce roman a été publié pour la première fois en 1849.
Découvrez ce roman d'aventures écrit par l'un des grands écrivains américains du XIXe siècle.
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Les péripéties d'un jeune marin
Embarqué dès son plus jeune âge sur un navire marchand - pour échapper aux études et à la solitude - le jeune matelot apprend peu à peu les rudiments de la survie à bord et en mer. Il embarque sur des navires de commerce et navigue régulièrement entre l'Europe et l'Amérique. Il connaît les tempêtes, les accidents de mer, la misère, la prison. Il éprouve le feu de l'ennemi anglais et la captivité....
19) The Oak Openings
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A fantastic historical adventure novel set during the War of 1812, written by the author of 'The Last of the Mohicans', James Fenimore Cooper.
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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.
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