Wing and Wing (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By James Fenimore Cooper

Published in 1842, this swashbuckling sea adventure and romance stands as one of Cooper’s overlooked masterpieces.  Set in 1799, the novel pits a dashing French pirate, Raoul Yvard, and his American sailing master, Ithuel Bolt, against the British navy, with the intention not only to defeat them, but also to find love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411443785

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was a nineteenth-century American author and political critic. Esteemed by many for his Romantic style, Cooper became popular for his depiction of Native Americans in fiction. Before Cooper considered himself a writer, he was expelled from Yale University, served as a midshipman for the United States Navy, and became a gentleman farmer. Cooper wrote many notable works including The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Red Rover, which was adapted and performed on stage in 1828. Cooper passed away in 1851 at the age of 61.