Jack Tier (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Or, The Florida Reef

By James Fenimore Cooper

 In Jack Tier, Cooper crafts a sea-faring adventure set just after the end of the 1846 Mexican War, when peace had only very recently been settled. The novel was originally serialized in Graham’s Magazine, and tells a fresh, rollicking story about the fluidity of identity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411441378

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.