James Fenimore Cooper Books In Order

The Leatherstocking Tales Books In Publication Order

  1. The Pioneers (1823)
  2. The Prairie (1824)
  3. The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
  4. The Deerslayer (1840)
  5. The Pathfinder (1841)

The Leatherstocking Tales Books In Chronological Order

  1. The Deerslayer (1840)
  2. The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
  3. The Pathfinder (1841)
  4. The Pioneers (1823)
  5. The Prairie (1824)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Miles Wallingford (1814)
  2. Precaution (1820)
  3. The Spy (1821)
  4. The Pilot (1824)
  5. Lionel Lincoln (1825)
  6. The Red Rover (1827)
  7. The Two Admirals (1842)
  8. The Wing-and-Wing (1842)
  9. Afloat and Ashore (1844)
  10. Satanstoe (1845)
  11. The Redskins (1846)
  12. The Crater (1847)
  13. The Sea Lions (1849)
  14. The American Democrat (1891)
  15. Homeward Bound (2006)

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The Pioneers

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Pioneers, on Tub SOUECES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. CHAPTER I. Hoc, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train ; Vapors, and clouds, and storms. Tbomiox. Near the centre of the State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whoso surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys. It is among these hills that the Delaware takes its rise ; and flowing from the limpid lakes and thousand springs of this region, the numerous sources of the Susquehanna meander through the valleys, until, uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although instances are not wanting where the sides are jutted with rocks, that aid greatly in giving to the country that romantic and picturesque character which it so eminently possesses. The vales are narrow, rich, and cultivated; with a stream uniformly winding through each. Beautiful and thriving villages are found interspersed along the margins of the small lakes, or situated at those points of the streams which are favorable to manufacturing; and neat and comfortable farms, with every indication of wealth about them, are scattered profusely through the vales, and even to the mountain tops. Roads diverge in every direction, from the even and gracefulbottoms of tbe valleys, to the most rugged and intricate pas*ses of the hills. Academies, and minor edifices of learning, meet the eye of the stranger at every few miles, as he winds his way through this uneven territory; and places for the worship of God abound with that frequency which characterizes a moral and reflecting people, and with that variety of exterior and canonical g…

The Prairie

The Prairie finds James Fenimore Cooper’s heroic frontiersman, Natty Bumppo, near the end of his adventurous life. But even at ‘eighty seasons,’ Natty stands ‘a little remarkable,’ as Cooper describes him. Natty’s sinewy build allows him to carry his heavy rifle with an ease that promises he still knows how to use it. And when someone needs to reason with the Indians, Natty ‘the trapper’ is the man to trust. The perfect screen version of The Prairie would star Sean Connery. Published in 1827, the book is one of five in Cooper’s ‘Leatherstocking Tales,’ a saga that takes Bumppo from the woods and hills of of New York, west into the hard plains. Cooper himself went the opposite direction: He wrote much of The Prairie in Paris. He scouted the mythology of the Old West the part that comes from the imagination, not from real life in a log cabin. And he showed why the West he imagined is better. For one thing, it allows such a ‘valiant, a just and a wise warrior’ as Bumppo the noble end he deserves.

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader’s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. During the fierce French and Indian wars, an adroit scout named Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the spectacular and dangerous wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.

The Last of the Mohicans is the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper‘s five Leatherstocking Tales. With its death defying chases and teeth clenching suspense, this American classic established many archetypes of American frontier fiction.

An engrossing Western by America s first great novelist, The Last of the Mohicans is a story of survival and treachery, love and deliverance.

Stephen Railton, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, has written books on Cooper, Mark Twain, and the American Renaissance, and has created major websites on Twain, Uncle Tom s Cabin, and American culture.

The Deerslayer

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath 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 Leatherstocking tales. 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. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. More e Books from MobileReference Best Books. Best Price. Best Search and Navigation TM All fiction books are only $0. 99. All collections are only $5. 99Designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices Search for any title: enter mobi shortened MobileReference and a keyword; for example: mobi ShakespeareTo view all books, click on the MobileReference link next to a book title Literary Classics: Over 10,000 complete works by Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Dickens, Tolstoy, and other authors. All books feature hyperlinked table of contents, footnotes, and author biography. Books are also available as collections, organized by an author. Collections simplify book access through categorical, alphabetical, and chronological indexes. They offer lower price, convenience of one time download, and reduce clutter of titles in your digital library. Religion: The Illustrated King James Bible, American Standard Bible, World English Bible Modern Translation, Mormon Church’s Sacred Texts Philosophy: Rousseau, Spinoza, Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Engels Travel Guides and Phrasebooks for All Major Cities: New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Prague, Beijing, Greece Medical Study Guides: Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology, Abbreviations and Terminology, Human Nervous System, Biochemistry College Study Guides: FREE Weight and Measures, Physics, Math, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, Languages, Philosophy, Psychology, Mythology History: Art History, American Presidents, U.S. History, Encyclopedias of Roman Empire, Ancient Egypt Health: Acupressure Guide, First Aid Guide, Art of Love, Cookbook, Co*cktails, Astrology Reference: The World’s Biggest Mobile Encyclopedia; CIA World Factbook, Illustrated Encyclopedias of Birds, Mammals

The Pathfinder

While James Fenimore Cooper’s 1840 novel ‘The Pathfinder‘ is the fourth installment in ‘The Leatherstocking Tales’ series, the action takes place third chronologically. Set amongst the wilderness of the Great Lakes region of the United States during the French and Indian War, ‘The Pathfinder‘ is a classic tale of early American frontiersman Natty Bumpo in which he finds himself rather uncharacteristically falling in love, a romance which pits him against his fundamental mission in life. ‘The Pathfinder‘ is a classic tale of early American life, which Cooper himself considered one of his best.

Miles Wallingford

James Fenimore Cooper 1789 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many people consider his masterpiece. Other works include Precaution 1820, The Spy 1821, The Pioneers 1823, The Red Rover 1828, The Wept of Wish ton Wish 1829, The Notions of a Traveling Bachelor 1828, The Waterwitch 1830, The Bravo 1831, The Monikins 1835, The American Democrat 1835, Homeward Bound 1839, Home as Found 1838, A History of the Navy of the United States 1839, The Pathfinder 1840, Mercedes of Castile 1840, The Deerslayer 1841, Ned Myers 1843 and The Ways of the Hour 1850.

Precaution

These introductory to her father’s novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: ‘On the 25th of August, 1820, it was published by Mr. A. T. Goodrich, of New York, under the title of Precaution; or, Prevention is Better than Cure. The original publications of a New York house of that day were, of course, very few in numbers. The book attracted a degree of attention. Its literary merits were considered respectable, though not in the least brilliant. The characters were declared natural, and the moral tone was pronounced excellent. Quite as a matter of course, it was supposed, at first, to have been written in England, and by a woman. The publisher, however, declared that it was an American work, and written by a gentleman of New York. Surprise was expressed, and a degree of curiosity excited in society; but most of those who read the book continued quite incredulous. And when, at length, the name of Mr. Cooper began to be whispered in connection with the tale, incredulity rather increased the very suggestion was considered a piece of pleasantry. What American naval officer, it was asked, would be likely to write a book so English, and so womanly in tone and execution? In the sense of an elaborate imitation, at least, Precaution may be said to have been thoroughly successful. For a long time it was attributed to an English lady, a near connection of Mr. Cooper’s.’ James Fennimore Cooper 1789 1851 was an American novelist, travel writer, and social critic, regarded as the first great American writer of fiction. He was famed for his action packed plots and his vivid, if somewhat idealized, portrayal of American life in the forest and at sea.

The Spy

Cooper’s first major success, The Spy is also his first book set in the period of the American War of Independence. The story starts in 1870 in the area of the country which was between British held New York and the Continental Army in the Hudson River Valley and upstate New York. The household of Mr. Wharton and his daughters is visited by the three main protagonists of the story: the mysterious Mr. Harper, an American loyalist; Captain Henry Wharton, the son of the house and an officer in the British Army; and Mr. Harvey Birch, suspected of being a British spy. The differing loyalties of these men are reflected in the differing loyalties of the household they visit with the father trying to remain neutral, his daughter Sarah a supporter of the British and his other daughter Frances supporting the American rebels. The futures of these characters become inextricably linked as they face not only the perils of war, but also the sufferings of the human heart! . This is a compelling adventure which brings to life all the dangers, heartbreak and hope of a society at war with itself.

The Pilot

From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed his work as a masterpiece of historical recreation. Called ‘the best historical novels ever written’ by the New York Times, the books have sold millions of copies. This first full color illustrated companion to the Aubrey Maturin series, timed to coincide with the release of the blockbuster Twentieth Century Fox film adaptation starring Russell Crowe, explains the fascinating physical details of Jack Aubrey’s fictional world. An in depth historical reference, it brings to life the political, cultural, and physical setting of O’Brian’s novels. Annotated drawings, paintings, and diagrams reveal the complex parts of a ship and its rigging, weaponry, crew quarters and duties, below deck conditions, and fighting tactics, while maps illustrate the location featured in each novel.

The Red Rover

The Red Rover‘ is most completely a book of the sea as much so as ‘The Mohicans’ is a tale of the forest. The whole drama is almost entirely enacted on the ocean. The curtain rises in port; but the varied scenes, so full of nautical interest, and succeeding each other in startling rapidity, are wholly unfolded on the bosom of the deep. It is believed that there is scarcely another book in 178 English literature so essentially marine in spirit. It is like some material picture of the sea, drawn by a master hand, where the eye looks abroad over the rolling waves, where it glances at the sea bird fluttering amid the spray, and then rests upon the gallant ship, with swelling canvas, bending before the breeze, until the land behind us, and the soil beneath our own feet, are forgotten. In the Rover, the different views of the ocean, in majestic movement, are very noble, while the two vessels which carry the heart of the narrative with them come and go with wonderful power and grace, guided by the hand of one who was both pilot and poet in his own nature. The love story, as usual in the novel of that period, and that particular class, is insignificant, though ‘Gertrude’ is certainly very pretty and proper, which is much more than one would venture to aver of many hero*ines of the present hour. In reality, however, our worthy friends Dick Fid, that arrant old foretopman, and his comrade, S’ip, are the true lovers of the narrative; and most worthy and most real they are the last, indeed, is a noble creature, a hero under the skin of Congo. As for Wilder, the author professed to owe him an apology for having thrown a sufficiently clever fellow, and an honorable man no doubt, into a position slightly equivocal; he declared himself however, very much indebted to a friendly critic who saw much to admire in the course pursued by the young lieutenant this crachat of the obliging reviewer relieving the author’s mind, as he avowed, of a great weight of responsibility on that particular point!

The Two Admirals

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The Wing-and-Wing

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: continued light, easy, and graceful. After passing the entrance of the port a mile or more, he tacked and looked up towards the haven. By this time, however, he had got so near in to the western clifis, that their lee deprived him of all air; and after keeping his canvas open half an hour in the little roads, it was all suddenly drawn to the yards, and the lugger anchored. chapter Section 4CHAPTER H. ‘ His stock, a few French phrases, got by heart, With much to learn, but nothing to Impart; The youth obedient to his sire’s commands. Seta off a wanderer Into foreign lands.’ Cowfik. It was now nearly dark, and the crowd, having satisfied its idle curiosity, began slowly to disperse. The Signer Viti remained till the last, conceiving it to be his duty to be on the alert, in such troubled times; but with all his bustling activity, it escaped his vigilance and means of observation to detect the circumstance that the stranger, while he steered into the bay with so much confidence, had contrived to bring up at a point where not a single gun from the batteries could be brought to bear on him; while his own shot, had he been disposed to hostilities, would have completely raked the little haven. But Vito Viti, though so enthusiastic an admirer of the art, was no gunner himself, and little liked to dwell on the effect of shot, except as it applied to others, and not at all to himself. Of all the suspicious, apprehensive, and curious, who had been collected in and about the port, since it was known the lugger intended to come into the bay, Ghita and ‘Maso alone remained on watch, after the vessel was anchored. A loud hail had been given by those intrusted with the execution of the quarantine laws, the great physical bugbear and moral mystification of the Mediterranean; and the…

Afloat and Ashore

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Satanstoe

This introduction to her father’s novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: In the year 1845 appeared Satanstoe, a very pleasant book, giving us pictures of society in the colony of New York, some hundred years earlier. The narrative takes the form of an autobiography, purporting to have been written by a member of the Littlepage family, living on one of the ‘Necks’ of West Chester, on the shores of the Sound, but the proprietor of extensive lands in the interior of the province. The reader follows the steps of Cornelius Littlepage in his visits to New York, his quiet but amusing accounts of the state of things in the great capital of the province at that time, in his glimpses of Albany and our Dutch ancestors, and goes with him into the wilderness, to Mooseridge, the tract of ground to be peopled and worked by the proprietor. In reading the book, at the first glance we should deem it simply a pleasant look backward at town and country, among our forefathers, while the quiet interest thrown about the different characters leads us onward, without effort, through some striking scenes. The latent object of the writer scarcely appears in this, the first work of a connected series of three, relating to the same family and the same tract of lands. We are made to see clearly, however, that the task of redeeming Mooseridge from the wilderness, and taking the first steps toward cultivation, was one requiring money, forethought, and effort. In the second work of the series we shall find the plot thickening, the cloud of disturbance drawing nearer. The name of ‘Satanstoe‘ was given to this book in a fit of intense disgust at the unmeaning absurdity of the newly coined word of ‘Hurl Gate,’ which he often stigmatized as a piece of ‘canting corruption.’ He maintained that the name of Hell Gate should either be left in its original form or entirely abandoned for something new; and Hurl Gate has conceived a flagrant absurdity, quite unworthy of people of common sense.

The Redskins

In The Redskins we have the third and last work of the anti rent series, in which the crisis is reached, and the cupidity and lawless spirit of the disorderly faction appear in their true light. ‘You well know that I am no advocate for any government but that which is founded on popular right, protected from popular abuses,’ were words which Mr. Fenimore Cooper had written many years earlier. And now, in the hour of danger, to aid in protecting these rights of the people, against their abuse by the evil minded among themselves, he held to be a high duty of every honest, and generous, and intelligent citizen. ‘As democrats, we protest most solemnly against such barefaced frauds, such palpable cupidity and covetousness being termed any thing but what they are. Democracy is a lofty and noble sentiment. It is just, and treats all men alike. It is not the friend of a canting legislation, but meaning right, dare act directly. There is no greater delusion than to suppose that true democracy has any thing in common with injustice or roguery. Nor is it any apology to anti rentism, in any of its aspects, to say that leasehold tenures are inexpedient. The most expedient thing in existence is to do right. Were there no other objection to the anti rent movement than its corrupting influence, that alone should set every wise man in the community firmly against it.’ James Fenimore Cooper 1789 1851 was an American novelist, travel writer, and social critic, regarded as the first great American writer of fiction. He was famed for his action packed plots and his vivid, if somewhat idealized, portrayal of American life in the forest and at sea.

The Crater

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The Sea Lions

James Fenimore Cooper 1789 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many people consider his masterpiece. Other works include Precaution 1820, The Spy 1821, The Pioneers 1823, The Red Rover 1828, The Wept of Wish ton Wish 1829, The Notions of a Traveling Bachelor 1828, The Waterwitch 1830, The Bravo 1831, The Monikins 1835, The American Democrat 1835, Homeward Bound 1839, Home as Found 1838, A History of the Navy of the United States 1839, The Pathfinder 1840, Mercedes of Castile 1840, The Deerslayer 1841, Ned Myers 1843 and The Ways of the Hour 1850.

The American Democrat

In the 1830’s, when reform was on everybody’s lips, Cooper steered the course of a convinced Democrat who, however, was not an egalitarian. Family connexions and literary success introduced him to some of the leading politicians of France and England, as well as America, and his intellectual honesty allowed him to see that political deception was not peculiar to Europe. ‘The American Democrat‘ is essentially a condemnation of cant in American public life. Cooper is the author of ‘The Last of the Mohicans’.

Homeward Bound

James Fenimore Cooper 1789 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many people consider his masterpiece. Other works include Precaution 1820, The Spy 1821, The Pioneers 1823, The Red Rover 1828, The Wept of Wish ton Wish 1829, The Notions of a Traveling Bachelor 1828, The Waterwitch 1830, The Bravo 1831, The Monikins 1835, The American Democrat 1835, Homeward Bound 1839, Home as Found 1838, A History of the Navy of the United States 1839, The Pathfinder 1840, Mercedes of Castile 1840, The Deerslayer 1841, Ned Myers 1843 and The Ways of the Hour 1850.

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