TALES OF THE SEA - Premium Collection: 12 Maritime Adventure Novels in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)

This carefully crafted ebook: "TALES OF THE SEA – Premium Collection: 12 Maritime Adventure Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Novels:The Pilot: A Tale of the SeaThe Red Rover: A TaleThe Water-Witch: The Skimmer of the SeasHomeward Bound: The Chase (A Tale of the Sea)Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward BoundMercedes of Castile: The Voyage to CathayThe Two AdmiralsThe Wing-and-Wing: Le Feu-Follet (Jack o Lantern)Afloat and Ashore: A Sea TaleMiles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and AshoreJack Tier: The Florida ReefsThe Sea Lions: The Lost SealersBiography:Ned Myers: A Life before the MastJames Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.