BOOK PRIMER

[Cmmdre]

Here is a e-copy of the excellent book History of the Navy of the United States of America by James Fenimore Cooper.


http://books.google.com/books?id=WK3mWOlYYNsC

[Coog]

Nice find. Most people think of Cooper in regard to his works set on the American frontier, such as "The Last of the Mohicans," and don't realize that he had been a sailor in the U. S. Navy and quite knowledgeable on seafaring.

Here's an article about him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper

[Cmmdre]

Thanks for the link Bobby. That was very interesting. Especially the part where the ship he was serving on was boarded and he was impressed into the Royal Navy.

[Naharaht]

Thank you for posting this. It looks like a very interesring find.

[Jack Aubrey]

Thanks Paul, I will read it.

[The J]

Nice find. Most people think of Cooper in regard to his works set on the American frontier, such as "The Last of the Mohicans,"

I always think of Mark Twain's hilariously scathing critique of Fennimore Cooper, appropriately entitled "Fennimore Cooper's Literary Offenses".

Link to Website with full text

Link to Guttenberg to download e-book

[crashx]

Thanks for posting this Paul!!!

[7eat51]

Thanks Paul. I am building a collection of U.S. naval history to read this summer. This will be added to the list.