Inicio > Ficción y temas afines > Ficción moderna y contemporánea > The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2
The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2

The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2

The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2

James Fenimore Cooper

33,44 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781419156342
33,44 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2 is a novel written by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second volume in a series that follows the Littlepage family as they navigate the changing landscape of early America. The story takes place in the mid-18th century and centers around the character of Chainbearer, a surveyor who is tasked with dividing up land in the newly formed United States. As he works to carry out his duties, he becomes embroiled in a complex web of relationships and rivalries that threaten to tear apart the fragile fabric of society. Along the way, he encounters a colorful cast of characters, including a group of Native Americans, a scheming landowner, and a young woman who captures his heart. Through it all, Cooper explores themes of power, greed, and the struggle for identity in a rapidly changing world. With its vivid descriptions of the American landscape and its nuanced portrayal of complex characters, The Chainbearer Or The Littlepage Manuscripts, V2 is a must-read for fans of historical fiction and classic literature.It is true that a remark or two did escape him, soon after the affair occurred, that tended to sustain my suspicions; but, on the whole, he was remarkably reserved on the subject--less from any apprehension of consequences, than from self-respect and pride of character. There was little to be apprehended, indeed; the previous murder of Chainbearer, and the unlawful nature of all the proceedings of the squatters, justifying a direct and sudden attack on the part of the posse.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Artículos relacionados

  • The Only Witness
    Pamela Beason / TBD
    A MISSING BABYSeventeen-year-old Brittany Morgan dashed into the store for just a minute, leaving her sleeping baby in the car. Now Ivy's gone and half the town believes Brittany murdered her daughter.A HAUNTED DETECTIVEDetective Matthew Finn, a big-city fish out of water in small-town Evansburg, Washington, struggles with his wife's betrayal as he investigates Ivy Morg...
    Disponible

    20,64 €

  • The Gender of Inanimate Objects and Other Stories
    Laura Marello
    In the phosphorescent title novella of Laura Marello's collection, an enigmatic drifter pursues her circuitous path through the intricate cultural terrain of Sweetwater County, California, a patchwork of communities where "everyone speaks the wrong language." Through subtle, disciplined prose inflected with the deep colors and clear lines of ancient Mykonos and the northern...
    Disponible

    15,29 €

  • What's the Word?
    Lawrence Gordon
    This is a work of non-fiction. The events penned herein reflect real life situations; great times and terrible times; which my family, my friends, and I endured.      This work will reflect the spiritual aspects of my family. I was born and raised in our family church. The name of the church was God’s Universal House of Prayer and my Uncle, James Henderson was the Pastor until...
    Disponible

    7,19 €

  • Meritocrats
    Stuart Evans
    Stuart Evans’s first novel is a comedy-of-ill-manners set in a nouveau riche milieu: a fantastic satirical performance and hyper-referential homage to masters past and present. Paul Keller is the Stephen Dedalus of the piece, the son of Robert and Sylvie, whose internal monologue is spliced into the action, and whose incestuous feelings for his sister lead to an increase in his...
    Disponible

    19,71 €

  • Jack the Lad
    Frank English
    A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and where coal, drink, and occasional infidelity played integral parts in the life of the community. Their story starts in the mid-194...
    Disponible

    13,53 €

  • The Empty Chair
    Penny Goetjen
    o A steamy Caribbean islando A missing female photographero A daughter’s relentless search and her entanglement in the island’s twisted subculture Don’t expect an umbrella in your drink when you escape to the Virgin Islands in this heart-pounding suspense novel as young Olivia Benning desperately searches for her photographer mother who has gone missing during a covert assignme...
    Disponible

    12,62 €

Otros libros del autor

  • The Pioneers (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
  • The Last of the Mohicans (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
  • The Spy (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
  • The Pilot (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
  • The Prairie (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
  • The Deerslayer
    James Fenimore Cooper
    The Deerslayer, the final novel written in the renowned Leatherstocking Tales series (though first in narrative chronology), is a classic American frontier adventure by James Fenimore Cooper. Set in the wilderness of 18th-century New York, the novel introduces us to Natty Bumppo, a noble and honest young man who earns the name 'Deerslayer' through his early exploits.This story ...