James Fenimore Cooper
41) The Oak Openings
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A fantastic historical adventure novel set during the War of 1812, written by the author of 'The Last of the Mohicans', James Fenimore Cooper.
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This 1843 novel is set in the Butternut Valley of New York State. In 1765, Captain Hugh Willoughby leaves the British army and sets up a colony called Hutted Knoll with his American-born wife. Ten years later, when America declares its independence from Britain, Willoughby and his son, Robert, will find their loyalties torn.
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In the dead of night Hutter and March sneak into the camp of the besieging members of the Huron tribe in order to kill and scalp as many as they can. Their plan fails, and Tom Hutter and March are captured. They are later ransomed by Bumppo, his lifelong friend Chingachgook, and Hutter's daughters, Judith and Hetty.
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Published in 1838, Homeward Bound tells the story of the Effingham family's voyage back to the United States after several years in Europe. The events, including sea chases, storms, shipwrecks, attacks by Arabs, and a romance between young Eve Effingham and the handsome but mysterious Paul Powies, provide Cooper with an outlet for social commentary.
45) Precaution
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It has been said that Precaution, James Fenimore Cooper's first novel, was written as the result of a wager Cooper made with his wife. A novel of English society, manners, and morals, Precaution imitates the works of Jane Austen and its intriguing style sets it apart from Cooper's subsequent fiction.
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A disagreement over the killing of a buck during a hunting trip brings an elderly Natty Bumppo, known as Leatherstocking, into contact with a judge and his daughter. Staunchly defending his right to hunt in the rapidly-changing Lake Otsego region, Bumppo challenges the prevailing attitudes towards the cultivation of the forest at the height of its pioneer settlement.
The first of the five Leatherstocking novels to be published, The Pioneers is...
47) Lederstrumpf
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Atemberaubende Spannung, grenzenloses Abenteuer und echte Freundschaft: Die Gestalt des Einzelgängers Natty Bumppo, genannt Lederstrumpf, steht für den vorbildhaften Frontiersman der amerikanischen Pionierzeit.
Unerbittlich gegen seine Feinde, treu und zuverlässig gegenüber seinen Freunden ist er Wegbegleiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit genauso wie Zeuge der Zerstörung indianischen Lebens. Ihm zur Seite steht sein Freund, der Indianerhäuptling...
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"The Last of the Mohicans," penned by the literary maestro James Fenimore Cooper, is a tour de force that beckons readers into the heart of the untamed American wilderness. Published in 1826, this timeless novel unfolds against the backdrop of the French and Indian War, a tumultuous period that serves as the canvas for Cooper's masterpiece.
In the vast expanse of the North American frontier, where verdant forests echo with the whispers of ancient...
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Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment
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c1999
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An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war. Hawkeye is a rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans and Cora Munro is an aristocratic daughter of a proud British Colonel. Their love, tested by fate, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies that engulfs the majestic mountains and cathedral-like forests of Colonial America
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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2014
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Cast away: A FedEx engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island
The last of the Mohicans: Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, is tested by fate amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies in colonial America
Master and commander: Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he embarks...
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Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. In this collection of classics, five seminal tales come together to form a picture of America in its youth, but on the cusp of growing up. These stories defined and challenged the standards of American literature, and their influence is immeasurable. Including Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER, Herman Melville's MOBY...
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Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic...