James Fenimore Cooper
Author
Description
"Set during the French and Indian War, a time during which control of North America was being fought for, troops from both armies fought through various territories of the continent, each allied with different Native American groups to grow their armies and gain resources. The story follows two daughters of a military colonel being transported to a safe fortress alongside a caravan of frontiersmen and Native Americans. Their journey is fraught with...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 54
Pub. Date
[1991]
Description
A collection of two sea novels by the author: "The Pilot," in which a navy hero attacks the English coast during the Revolutionary War, and "The Red Rover," centering on an eighteenth-century pirate.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed. for North America.
Description
"When a na�ive group of English settlers journeys through the untamed wilderness of 18th-century America, they quickly become victims of a hostile enemy attack. Their only hope of rescue lies with Hawkeye, an expert woodsman, and Uncas and Chingachgook, the last survivors of the Mohican tribe."--P. [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Director's expanded ed
Description
The love of Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a British colonel, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America