THE DEER SLAYER A TALE BY J. FENIMORE COOPER HC 1892 PEOPLES EDITION 423 PAGES

Description: Photographs and description throughout Ad: Offered for auction is an ORIGINAL HARD COVER BOOK - COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1892, 423 Clean Pages with information. These pages are in very good condition as photos will show. They all have old age toning as photos will also show. The Hard cover book is without dust jacket as photos will show. The original owners name is written on the first blank page as photos will show. Binding are in good condition. A couple of pages have the corner folded over. Noted on the front of the hard cover and spine is PEOPLES EDITION. View photos for condition. Photos have been taken in direct sun light hopefully to provide the best photos of the book to review. Below I have typed the information on the introduction page and a portion of the Preface, photos will follow after. Also included is basic information on James Fenimore Cooper. The book is titled as follows: THE DEERSLAYER A TALE BYJ. FENIMORE COOPER J. Fenimore Cooper was the author of “THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS,” “THE PATHFINDER,” “THE PIONEERS”, AND “THE PRAIRIE.” The book was published In New York by the American News Company in 1892. PREFACE:This book has not been written without many misgivings as to its probable reception. To carry one and the same character through five several works would seem to be a willful overdrawing on the good-nature of the public, and many persons may very reasonably suppose it an act, of itself, that ought to invite a rebuke. To this natural objection, the author can only say that, if he has committed a grave fault on this occasion, his readers are in some measure answerable for it. The favourable-manner in which the more advanced career, and the death of Leather-Stocking were received, has crated, in the mind of the author, at least, a sort of necessity for giving some account of his younger days. In short, the pictures of his life, such as they are, were already so complete as to excite some little desire to see the “study” from which they have all been drawn. ”The Leather-Stocking Tales” now form something like a drama in five acts; complete as to material and design, though probably very incomplete as to execution. Such as they are, the reading world has them before it. The author hopes, should it decide that this particular act, the last in execution, though the first in the order of perusal, is not the best of the series, it will also come to the conclusion that it is not absolutely the worst. More than once he has been tempted to burn his manuscript, and to turn to some other subject, though he has met with an encouragement, in the course of his labours, of a character so singular as to be worth mentioning. The Preface continues in book. Below information on the Author: James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and his last fifteen years in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also created American sea stories. His best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period, written between 1823 and 1841, known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which introduced the iconic American frontier scout, Natty Bumppo. Cooper's works on the U.S. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his more famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Throughout his career, he published numerous social, political, and historical works of fiction and non-fiction with the objective of countering European prejudices and nurturing an original American art and culture. Below are photographs of this Book: As noted above the Hard Cover Book contains 523 very clean pages. The bindings are tight. The hardcover is fine with good bindings. The books weight is 11 oz. The book size is 7 ½ x 5 x 7/8th inches. I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped Media Mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $4.45.

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Location: Gorham, Maine

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