This carefully crafted ebook: "TALES OF THE SEA Premium Collection: 12 Maritime Adventure Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Novels:The Pilot: A Tale of the SeaThe Red Rover: A TaleThe Water-Witch: The Skimmer of the SeasHomeward Bound: The Chase (A Tale of the Sea)Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward BoundMercedes of Castile: The Voyage to CathayThe Two AdmiralsThe Wing-and-Wing: Le Feu-Follet (Jack o Lantern)Afloat and Ashore: A Sea TaleMiles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and AshoreJack Tier: The Florida ReefsThe Sea Lions: The Lost SealersBiography:Ned Myers: A Life before the MastJames Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) 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. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper 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. 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 his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
The Last of the Mohicans is the most popular of Jame Fennimore Coopers Leatherstocking Tales. This 18th century adventure story is a classic look at the relationship between Hawkeye and his loyal Moh
El autor de El último mohicano hace gala en esta novela, de temática europea, de toda su fuerza narrativa. Las oscuras intrigas, los turbios manejos de los políticos venecianos del siglo XVII son elescenario de esta peripecia que tiene como protagonistas al pueblo de Venecia enfrentado con el gobierno de la serenisima.
The adventure novel The Pathfinder by Fenimore Cooper is a sequel of the series The Leatherstocking Tales about the colonization of North America.Once again we meet the Deerslayer , the "pale-faced" of the Delaware tribe, a former scout of the British army, and his Indian friend Chingachgook of the Mohicans tribe. By overcoming miles full of various adventures, they help the young girl Mable to get to the English fortress on the shore of Lake Ontario.
El último mohicano, a veces también traducido como El último de los mohicanos es una novela histórica del autor estadounidense James Fenimore Cooper, publicada por vez primera en febrero de 1826.
Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains. When Dian Fossey first saw a family of wild mountain gorillas in the Virung
Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, who are struggling to be reunited with their father. They are aided in their perilous journey by Hawk-eye, a frontier scout, and his companions Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. But their lives are endangered by Magua, the savage Indian traitor who captures the sisters, wanting Cora to be his squaw. In setting Indian against Indian and the brutal society of the white man against the civilization of the Mohican, Cooper, more than any author before or since, shaped the American sense of itself as a nation.
Set in 1757, during the American colonial wars between the English and French, this second of Cooper's five tales shows both camps united in dispossessing the native Indians a...
Classic / American English (Available February 2008) Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
Dominoes are readers for younger students offering integrated activities, ideal for individual study or reading practice in class. The Audio CD Packs contain a copy of the book plus a CD of the complete text. The year is 1757. The English and the French are at war in North America. Two sisters, Cora and Alice, want to visit their father, General Munro. They begin their dangerous journey with the handsome English officer, Duncan Heyward and the Indian guide, Magua. On the way they meet friends and enemies, and many adventures. Some people will be heroes and some people will die. And what will happen to their friend Uncas, the last of the Mohican Indians?
he Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. During the fierce French and Indian wars, an adroit scout named Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the spectacular and dangerous wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.
Classic / American English Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
