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The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
Set during the American Revolution, it follows a mysterious naval pilot—the John Paul Jones—as he leads Continental Navy missions along England's treacherous coastline.
"The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea" by James Fenimore Cooper is a historical novel. Set during the American Revolution, it follows a mysterious naval pilot—the John Paul Jones—as he leads Continental Navy missions along England's treacherous coastline.
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A single glance at the map will make the reader acquainted with the position of the eastern coast of the Island of Great Britain, as connected with the shores of the opposite continent. Together they form the boundaries of the small sea that has for ages been known to the world as the scene of maritime exploits, and as the great avenue through which commerce and war have conducted the fleets of the northern nations of Europe. Over this sea the islanders long asserted a jurisdiction, exceeding that which reason concedes to any power on the highway of nations, and which frequently led to conflicts that caused an expenditure of blood and treasure, utterly disproportioned to the advantages that can ever arise from the maintenance of a useless and abstract right. It is across the waters of this disputed ocean that we shall attempt to conduct our readers, selecting a period for our incidents that has a peculiar interest for every American, not only because it was the birthday of his nation, but because it was also the era when reason and common sense began to take the place of custom and feudal practices in the management of the affairs of nations.
Contents
- 01Preface.
- 02The Pilot
- 03Chapter I
- 04Chapter II
- 05Chapter III.
- 06Chapter IV.
- 07Chapter V.
- 08Chapter VI.
- 09“Katherine Plowden.
- 10Chapter VII
- 11Chapter VIII.
- 12Chapter IX.
- 13Chapter X.
- 14Chapter XI.
- 15Chapter XII.
- 16Chapter XIII.
- 17Chapter XIV.
- 18Chapter XV.
- 19Chapter XVI.
- 20Chapter XVII.
- 21Chapter XVIII.
- 22Chapter XIX
- 23Chapter XX.
- 24Chapter XXI
- 25Chapter XXII
- 26Chapter XXIII.
- 27Chapter XXIV.
- 28Chapter XXV.
- 29Chapter XXVI.
- 30Chapter XXVII.
- 31Chapter XXVIII.
- 32Chapter XXIX.
- 33Chapter XXX.
- 34Chapter XXXI.
- 35Chapter XXXII.
- 36Chapter XXXIII.
- 37Chapter XXXIV.
- 38Chapter XXXV
About this edition
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 264 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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