James Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper’s popular historical romances of frontier and Indian life created a unique form of American literature , spellbinding readers across both sides of the Atlantic. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics presents Cooper’s complete FICTIONAL works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cooper’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 32 novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Famous works such as THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS are illustrated with their original artwork
* Special contents table for THE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES series of novels
* Includes Cooper’s last novel THE WAYS OF THE HOUR, first time in digital print
* The complete short stories, with rare tales appearing for the first time
* Includes Cooper’s play and a generous selection of non-fiction
* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Cooper’s contribution to literature
* Features two biographies – discover Cooper’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Leatherstocking Tales

The Novels
PRECAUTION
THE SPY
THE PIONEERS
THE PILOT
LIONEL LINCOLN
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
THE PRAIRIE
THE RED ROVER
THE WEPT OF WISH-TON-WISH
THE WATER-WITCH
THE BRAVO
THE HEIDENMAUER
THE HEADSMAN: THE ABBAYE DES VIGNERONS
THE MONIKINS
HOMEWARD BOUND
HOME AS FOUND
THE PATHFINDER
MERCEDES OF CASTILE
THE DEERSLAYER
THE TWO ADMIRALS
THE WING-AND-WING
WYANDOTTÉ
AFLOAT AND ASHORE
MILES WALLINGFORD
SATANSTOE
THE CHAINBEARER
THE REDSKINS
THE CRATER
JACK TIER
THE OAK OPENINGS
THE SEA LIONS
THE WAYS OF THE HOUR

The Shorter Fiction
TALES FOR FIFTEEN: OR IMAGINATION AND HEART
NO STEAMBOATS
AN EXECUTION AT SEA
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF
THE LAKE GUN

The Play
UPSIDE DOWN: OR PHILOSOPHY IN PETTICOATS

Selected Non-Fiction
A RESIDENCE IN FRANCE
RECOLLECTIONS OF EUROPE
THE CHRONICLES OF COOPERSTOWN
NED MYERS
NEW YORK

The Criticism
DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE, GENIUS, AND WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER by W. C. Bryant
FENIMORE COOPER’S LITERARY OFFENCES by Mark Twain
BOOKS NECESSARY FOR A LIBERAL EDUCATION by Wilkie Collins
TALES OF THE SEA, 1898 by Joseph Conrad
VARIOUS REVIEWS by Carl Van Doren

The Biographies
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER by Thomas R. Lounsbury
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER by Mary E. Phillips