- History, Fiction, United States in fiction, Juvenile fiction
Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator, executed for espionage in 1780), Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by well-born Patriots of being a spy for the British.
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- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- First published
- 1821
- Pages
- 424
- Publisher
- DODD,MEAD AND CO; NY, Classic Books, West Margin Press
- Editions
- 172
- Language
- German, French, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781443803595
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“The officer to whose keeping Dunwoodie had committed the pedlar, transferred his charge to the custody of the regular sergeant of the guard.”
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel [*The Last of the Mohicans*][1], often regarded as his masterpiece. ([Source][2]) [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL77958W/The_last_of_the_Mohicans [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper
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