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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373402577X
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 143847895X
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting Revolutionary War tale of double agents and counterespionage in New York State in 1780. A year after his imitative first novel Precaution (1820) enjoyed only modest success, James Fenimore Cooper penned The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, a Revolutionary War narrative initiating the American historical romance, a novel and a genre that quickly put to rest the British critic Sydney Smith’s 1820 quip, “In the four corners of the globe, who reads an American novel?” Beginning with The Spy, everyone did. The novel excited readers with the perilous adventures of the spy (Harvey Birch, the Yankee peddler) and his contact Mr. Harper (George Washington appearing incognito), both surfacing repeatedly in various disguises and engaged in counterespionage (very clearly a parallel to the John Andre and Benedict Arnold stories) with their guerilla nemeses, the loyalist Cow-Boys and renegade Skinners. The Spy revealed the clash of loyalties within families between public and private duty to country and to self, and served as a microcosm of the new American world, staged in the “neutral ground” between opposing forces in Westchester, New York. William Gilmore Simms, Cooper’s admirer and imitator, declared “The publication of The Spy … was an event,” while Boston’s North American Review agreed, “the American Revolution is an admirable basis, on which to found fictions of the highest order of romantic interest.” This fresh tale generated good American press for the young Cooper, and so set the stage for Cooper’s career-long contributions to the development of the American novel. The editors provide a historical introduction identifying Cooper’s sources, as well as detailed explanatory notes to enable readers fully to appreciate the geographical and historical settings in the novel. This scholarly edition, the eighteenth in “The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper,” presents an accurate text drawing upon eight texts, from the first edition (with two editorially revised reprintings soon following to satisfy public demand) through the heavily revised Bentley Standard Novels edition (1831) and the more lightly revised Putnam Author’s edition (1849). The editors provide a full scholarly apparatus discussing their editorial choices, and the edition has been approved by scholarly peers in the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper The distinguished Cooper scholar James Franklin Beard (1919–1989) began organizing the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper in the late 1960s, as his work on publishing the monumental Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper came to fulfillment. Beard’s intention was to provide readers with sound scholarly editions of Cooper’s major works, based wherever possible on authorial manuscripts. To date, the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper has made available texts of many of Cooper’s best-known novels, as well as some of his most important works of political and social commentary.
Author : James Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781515097334
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (973 download)
Download or read book The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground written by James Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground was James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, published in 1821. This was the earliest United States novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years.The action takes place during the American Revolution. The share of historical fact in the story is not large, but the action takes place so near to great events that the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while George Washington moves among them like an unsuspected god. The book is full of swelling rhetoric and the ardent national piety of Cooper's generation.The plot ranges back and forth over the neutral ground between the Continental and British armies with great haste and sweep. To rapid movement Cooper adds the merit of a very real setting. He knew Westchester County, New York, where he was then living, and its sparse legends as Walter Scott knew the Anglo-Scottish border. Thus, the topography of The Spy is drawn with a firm hand.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780469511767
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground; written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781981627295
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground by James Fenimore Cooper. The action takes place during the American Revolution. The share of historical fact in the story is not large, but the action takes place so near to great events that the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while George Washington moves among them like an unsuspected god. The book is full of swelling rhetoric and the ardent national piety of Cooper's generation. The plot ranges back and forth over the neutral ground between the Continental and British armies with great haste and sweep. To rapid movement Cooper adds the merit of a very real setting. He knew Westchester County, New York, where he was then living, and its sparse legends as Walter Scott knew the Anglo-Scottish border. Thus, the topography of The Spy is drawn with a firm hand. The author has often been asked if there were any foundation in real life for the delineation of the principal character in this book. He can give no clearer answer to the question than by laying before his readers a simple statement of the facts connected with its original publication. "I believe I could write a better story myself!" With these words, since become famous, James Fenimore Cooper laid aside the English novel which he was reading aloud to his wife. A few days later he submitted several pages of manuscript for her approval, and then settled down to the task of making good his boast. In November, 1820, he gave the public a novel in two volumes, entitled Precaution. But it was published anonymously, and dealt with English society in so much the same way as the average British novel of the time that its author was thought by many to be an Englishman. It had no originality and no real merit of any kind. Yet it was the means of inciting Cooper to another attempt. And this second novel made him famous.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781346261522
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (615 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Spy: a Tale of Neutral Ground written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781346234519
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781296952105
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
ISBN 13 : 9781296107437
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Spy; written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
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ISBN 13 : 9781418122874
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (228 download)
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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book THE SPY - A Tale of the Neutral Ground (Historical Novel) written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spy is a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War, with main character Harvey Birch, British loyalist who is in fact a George Washington's spy. The plot ranges back and forth over the neutral ground between the Continental and British armies with great haste and sweep. The action takes place so near to great events and the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while George Washington moves among them like an unsuspected god. This was the earliest American novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, he also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cooper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8075832515
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (758 download)
Download or read book THE SPY - A Tale of the Neutral Ground (Historical Novel) written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spy is a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War, with main character Harvey Birch, British loyalist who is in fact a George Washington's spy. The plot ranges back and forth over the neutral ground between the Continental and British armies with great haste and sweep. The action takes place so near to great events and the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while George Washington moves among them like an unsuspected god. This was the earliest American novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, he also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
