Henry Carter Hull

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves...

Published in 1823 and written out of dissatisfaction with the nautical life depicted by Sir Walter Scott in The Pirate (1822), The Pilot pioneered a new kind of sea adventure tale which drew on its author's experiences as a merchant seaman and Navy sailor. Set during the American Revolution, the novel features a character based on John Paul Jones.

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...

The Pathfinder shows Natty at his old trick of guiding tender damsels through the dangerous woods, and the siege at the blockhouse and the storm on Lake Ontario are considerably like other of Cooper's sieges and storms. Natty, in this novel commonly called La Longue Carabine, keeps in a hardy middle age his simple and honest nature, which is severely tested by his love for a young girl. She is a conventional heroine of romance. A certain soft amiability...

The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They meet Natty Bumppo, the trapper, who has left his home in New York state to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests.

Uma narrativa que combina heroísmo e romance com uma crítica poderosa à destruição da Natureza e da tradição. Tendo por cenário o cerco francês e índio do forte William Henry em 1757, «O Último Moicano» relata a história de duas irmãs, Cora e Alice Munro, filhas de um comandante inglês, que lutam para poder voltar para junto do pai. Nesta perigosa jornada são ajudas por Olho de Falcão e pelos seus companheiros Chingachgook e Uncas,...

The Oak Opening; or, The Bee Hunter is an 1848 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel focuses on the activities of a professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed "Ben Buzz". The novel is the last of Cooper's novels to explore the relationships between Europeans and Native Americans in the early American expansion. The novel is set in Michigan's Oak Opening - a wooded prairie. The novel has a significant religious thematic focus. From Wikipedia...

Le récit haletant d'une incroyable course poursuite nautique! Voyageur et marin, James Fenimore Cooper retrace la course-poursuite entre deux navires américains, armés pour la chasse au trésor dans les eaux antarctiques. Les voiliers finissent par se perdre. Ce roman a été publié pour la première fois en 1849. Découvrez ce roman d'aventures écrit par l'un des grands écrivains américains du XIXe siècle. EXTRAIT Ce qui jetait beaucoup...

Set near and on Lake Ontario in the 1750s, The Pathfinder is chronologically the third installation of James Fenimore Cooper's gripping Leatherstocking Tales. While the French Indian War rages on, Mabel, a nineteen-year-old young woman, is travelling to see her father, Sergeant Thomas Dunham. Accompanied by her uncle and two Native Americans, Smashing Arrows and June Dew, Mabel treks through the dense forests of upstate New York, towards her father's...

Set in 1793 and 1794, The Pioneers tracks the changes of a small town called Templeton, built on the advancing frontier of New York. Natty Bumppo, a hero raised by Native Americans, lives in a cabin, secluded in a forest near Templeton. As the Christmas Eve snow falls, Natty, more commonly known as Leatherstocking, embarks on a tense hunt for a deer. As he tracks the deer down, he runs into Judge Marmaduke Temple, the man who founded the town of Temple....