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4) The spy
Author
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of the brave and bold frontiersman Natty Bumppo. James Fenimore Cooper's spirited romance has been praised for its authenticity as a portrait of life during America's western movement. At Lake Otsego, during the French and Indian Wars, great frontiersman Natty Bumppo forsakes his love to come to the aid of Thomas Hutter, a trapper under the attack of Iroquois Indians. Published in 1841, The Deerslayer is the first of the Leatherstocking...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 412 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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. Even George Washington, who supports Birch, misreads the man, and when Washington offers him payment for information vital to the Patriot's cause, Birch scorns the money and asserts...
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