James Fenimore Cooper
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Bury Me Not
The PrairieJames Fenimore Cooper “There was a story of a nation of Welshers, that liv’d hereaway in the prairies, and how they came into the land afore the uneasy minded man, who first let in the Christians to rob the heathens of their inheritance, had ever dreamt that the sun set on a country as Continue reading
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Hurrah! Hurrah!
Continuing my habit of waiting until late at night to get my daily post in before it’s too late. Pathfinder, or The Inland SeaJames Fenimore Cooper “Rather than wreck my command on the Canada shore, I shall feel it a duty to take Jasper out of arrest.” “And make a haven in Frontenac. No, Sergeant; Continue reading
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Frozen Water Burial
The DeerslayerJames Fenimore Cooper As soon as this was done, the old sentinel changed her place to one more agreeable to herself, a certain proof that she had hitherto been exclusively on watch. Deerslayer now felt greatly at a loss how to proceed. He well knew that Chingachgook could never be persuaded to return to Continue reading
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My Compliments, Sir, Take Her And Get Out!
I think we’re done with Oz for a while The Last of the MohicansA Narrative of 1757James Fenimore Cooper Then raising his voice to its highest tone, he poured out a strain so powerful as to be heard even amid the din of that bloody field. More than one savage rushed toward them, thinking to Continue reading
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