The Pilot


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Reproduction of the original: The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper




The Pilot


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The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea


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In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea – modeled on John Paul Jones – leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.




The Pilot


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The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. It is first nautical fiction written in American Literature




The Pilot


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The Pilot


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The setting is the American Revolutionary War, and the action begins as two ships enter a bay in England to pick up a pilot. Who is the mysterious figure who they will be plucking from the rocky cliffs, and what role will he play in the battles ahead? Take off with James Fenimore Cooper's The Pilot if gripping nautical adventure is your desired destination.




The Pilot


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The Pilot


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The Pilot: A Tale of the ocean may be a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824. Its subject is that the lifetime of a naval pilot during the American Revolution .




The Pilot (Annotated)


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The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824 (the earliest edition is actually dated 1823). Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution.




The Pilot


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The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824 (the earliest edition is actually dated 1823). Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The hero of the book is John Paul Jones, who appears as always brooding upon a dark past and a darker fate. Yet he is not so morbid but that he can occasionally rouse himself to terrific activities in his raids along the English coast. Another character is Long Tom Coffin, of Nantucket, comparable to Harvey Birch and Natty Bumppo from Cooper's other novels.