“I venerate the Pilgrim’s cause, Yet for the red man dare to plead: We bow to Heaven’s recorded laws, He turns to Nature for his creed.” Sprague. Preface.
The Monikins by J. Fenimore Cooper
This etext was produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE MONIKINS BY J. FENIMORE COOPER INTRODUCTION. It is not improbable that some of those who read this book, may feel a wish to know in what manner I became possessed of the manuscript. Such a desire is too just and natural
The Wing-and-Wing by J. Fenimore Cooper
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE WING-AND-WING OR LE FEU-FOLLET _A TALE_ BY J. FENIMORE COOPER “Know, Without star or angel for their guide, Who worship God shall find him.” PREFACE. It is difficult to say of which there is most in the world, a blind belief in
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders The Water-Witch; Or, The Skimmer of the Seas. A Tale. By J. Fenimore Cooper. “Mais, qui diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere!” Complete in One Volume 1871 Water Witch. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Stringer and Townsend In the Clerk’s office of the District
The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
After the latter had put several general questions, he suddenly gave the note to the spy, and asked if he knew the handwriting, and demanded who the E H was
The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders THE RED ROVER. A Tale. By J. Fenimore Cooper. “Ye speak like honest men: pray God ye prove so” Complete In One Volume Preface. The Writer felt it necessary, on a former occasion, to state, that, in sketching his marine life, he did not deem himself obliged to adhere, very closely,
The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper
Prepared by Gary Rezny, garez@netzero.net THE PIONEERS Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna A Descriptive Tale By J. FENIMORE COOPER INTRODUCTION As this work professes, in its title-page, to be a descriptive tale, they who will take the trouble to read it may be glad to know how much of its contents is literal fact,
The Pilot by J. Fenimore CooperA Tale of the Sea
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE PILOT A Tale of the Sea. BY J. FENIMORE COOPER TO WILLIAM BRANFORD SHUBRICK, ESQ., U. S. NAVY. MY DEAR SHUBRICK, Each year brings some new and melancholy chasm in what is now the brief list of
The Pathfinder by James Fenimore CooperOr, The Inland Sea
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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
A Narrative of 1757 INTRODUCTION It is believed that the scene of this tale, and most of the information necessary to understand its allusions, are rendered sufficiently obvious to the reader in the text itself, or in the accompanying notes. Still there is so much obscurity in the Indian traditions, and so much confusion in
The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Cooper
words have been transcribed in FULL CAPITALS.} {“The Lake Gun” is one of James Fenimore Cooper’s very few short stories, and was written in the last year of his life. It was commissioned by George E. Wood for publication in a volume of miscellaneous stories and poems called “The Parthenon” (New York: George E. Wood,
The Headsman by James Fenimore CooperThe Abbaye des Vignerons
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders The Headsman: or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale By J. Fenimore Cooper. “How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done.” Complete in One Volume. 1860. Introduction. Early in October 1832, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches