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The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
Set during the brutal King Philip's War, it follows Captain Mark Heathcote, a Puritan militiaman who carves out a settlement in the Connecticut wilderness.
"The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish" by James Fenimore Cooper is a historical novel. Set during the brutal King Philip's War, it follows Captain Mark Heathcote, a Puritan militiaman who carves out a settlement in the Connecticut wilderness.
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The incidents of this tale must be sought in a remote period of the annals of America. A colony of self-devoted and pious refugees from religious persecution had landed on the rock of Plymouth, less than half a century before the time at which the narrative commences; and they, and their descendants, had already transformed many a broad waste of wilderness into smiling fields and cheerful villages. The labors of the emigrants had been chiefly limited to the country on the coast, which, by its proximity to the waters that rolled between them and Europe, afforded the semblance of a connexion with the land of their forefathers and the distant abodes of civilization. But enterprise, and a desire to search for still more fertile domains, together with the temptation offered by the vast and unknown regions that lay along their western and northern borders, had induced many bold adventurers to penetrate more deeply into the forests. The precise spot, to which we desire to transport the imagination of the reader, was one of these establishments of what may, not inaptly, be called the forlorn-hope, in the march of civilization through the country.
Contents
- 01To The Rev. J. R. O. of Pennsylvania
- 02Preface.
- 03The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
- 04Chapter I.
- 05Chapter II.
- 06Chapter III.
- 07Chapter IV.
- 08Chapter V.
- 09Chapter VI.
- 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.
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
- 432 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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