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The Redskins: or, Indian and Injin. Volume 1James Fenimore Cooper The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts PREFACE This book closes the series of the Littlepage Manuscripts, which have been given to the world, as containing a fair account of...

The Chainbearer: or, The Littlepage ManuscriptsCooper James Fenimore The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts THE CHAINBEARER PREFACE The plot has thickened in the few short months that have intervened since the appearance of the first portion of our Manuscripts, and bloodshed has come to ...

Mercedes of Castile: or, The Voyage to CathayCooper James Fenimore Mercedes of Castile; Or, The Voyage to Cathay PREFACESo much has been written of late years, touching the discovery of America, that it would not be at all surprising should there exist a disposition in a certain class of readers ...

The Spy: Condensed for use in schoolsCooper James Fenimore The Spy: Condensed for use in schools INTRODUCTION James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, N. J., in 1789 – the year in which George Washington was inaugurated first President of the United States. His boyhood was passed at Cooperst...

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Tales for FifteenCooper James Fenimore Tales for Fifteen INTRODUCTIONOn 1 February 1823 Charles Wiley published in New York The Pioneers, a new book by the author of The Spy; by noon he had sold 3,500 copies – a record-making sale by the bookselling standards of the time. On 26 June, almost five ...

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757Cooper James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans CHAPTER I "Mine ear is open, and my heart prepared:The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold:Say, is my kingdom lost?" Shakespeare.It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that th...