Sea Tales: the Pilot, the Red Rover
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine Slip Case No Dj as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0940450704
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450707
- Seller
-
Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Library of America, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition thus. A first printing of the Library of America Edition..
Reviews
On May 15 2009, Killswan said:
THE PILOT is about warfare on land and sea between the rebelling USA and mother Britain between the years of, say, 1778 and 1792. The pilot in question, though never named, is legendary John Paul (Jones), father of the American navy. He lands in northeastern England to extract valuable hostages to exchange for American revolutionaries taken at sea by the British. The success of his mission depends on his uncanny seamanship amid shoals, rocks and currents. Subplots abound. Jones meets with a former love. Other young lovers pursue their future mates against great odds. By 1792, the year of Jones's death, two wartime enemies are the best of friends on the US-Canadian frontier. This novel established a new literary genre: the sea adventure tale. ... The volume's second novel is THE RED ROVER, written five years after THE PILOT. After a very slow beginning full of intrigue in and around the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island in October 1759, young Harry Wilder and companions board the disguised pirate ship, the Red Rover, with a royal commission to identify and bring to justice its captain who uses the same name. After a long sea chase of a rich merchantman, the Red Rover captures a British frigate. In time the pirate proves himself an early patriot laboring for the freedom of the North American colonies from their British overlords. The novel abounds in mood changes, disguises, false flags for the Rover and twists and turns in the pirate chief's identities, moods and whims. At novel's end the Rover, whose real name is Heidegger, is revealed to be an American patriot, as Newport celebrates the end of the war for independence. -OOO-
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Grove Heirloom Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002728
- Title
- Sea Tales: the Pilot, the Red Rover
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Slip Case No Dj as Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition thus
- ISBN 10
- 0940450704
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450707
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR Collectible
Terms of Sale
Ash Grove Heirloom Books
All books are fully guaranteed to be as described or your money refunded. Returns accepted for books as described for purchase price only, shipping costs will be paid by purchaser. Collectible books shipped in sturdy boxes. Readers copies and books $15 and under may be shipped in padded envelopes. Packing is negotiable. Recycled materials used when possible and practical. Shipping via USPS. Oversized books have additional shipping built into price.
About the Seller
Ash Grove Heirloom Books
Biblio member since 2005
Pueblo, Colorado
About Ash Grove Heirloom Books
Seller of modern first editions and signed books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...