The Water Witch Or The Skimmer Of The Seas A Tale By J Fenimore Cooper

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781534856073
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (56 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Water Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas; A Tale. Novel by written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 15, 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. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William on property that he owned. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and, in his later years, contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society, but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer, he 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, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. 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 naval historians, Cooper's works on the early U.S. Navy have been well received, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.