Wyandotte: Or the Hunted Knoll (Writings of James Fenimore Cooper) - Couverture souple

Cooper, James Fenimore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0873954696 ISBN 13 : 9780873954693

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1981

Synopsis

Book by Cooper James Fenimore

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 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 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.

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0873954696
• ISBN 13: 9780873954693
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 482