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James Fenimore Cooper: Two Novels of the American Revolution (LOA #312): The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground / Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of ... of America James Fenimore Cooper Edition) Hardcover – November 27, 2018

by James Fenimore Cooper (Author), Alan Taylor (Editor)
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The American Revolution comes to vivid life in two dramatic tales of espionage, intrigue, and romance from the author of The Last of Mohicans.

With his second novel, The Spy:A Tale of the Neutral Ground, in 1821, James Cooper (the Fenimore would come later) found his true voice and what became his most enduring subject matter: the history of his young nation, born of the clash between Old World and New. Set largely in Westchester County--site of the real-life intrigues of Benedict Arnold and Major John Andre--The Spy traces the conflicting allegiances of rebels and loyalists, with the supposed loyalist spy Harvey Birch (actually in the service of George Washington) finding himself caught up in conflicts between friendship and duty as he moves between the two sides. Washington himself makes an incognito appearance as the mysterious "Mr. Harper." Cooper continued in the same vein with Lionel Lincoln; Or, The Leaguer of Boston (1825), a carefully researched panorama of the coming of the Revolution, complete with detailed depictions of the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill. With the hero a native-born American serving in the British Army, issues of loyalty are again complex, and some American reviewers, not for the last time, found Cooper's politics a bit too ambiguous for comfort.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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  5. Publication date
    November 27, 2018
  6. Dimensions
    5.3 x 1.32 x 8.14 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    159853582X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1598535822
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James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) grew up at Otsego Hall, his father's manorial estate in upstate New York. Educated at Yale, he spent five years at sea, before beginning his literary career at thirty with Precaution (1820), a novel of manners. His second book, The Spy (1821), was an immediate success, and with The Pioneers (1823) he began his series of Leatherstocking Tales. By 1826 when The Last of the Mohicans appeared, his standing as a major novelist was established. After several years of writing nonfiction, he returned to fiction—and to Leatherstocking—with The Pathfinder (1840) and The Deerslayer (1841).

Alan Taylor is Thomas Jefferson Professor of History at the University of Virginia and the author of many acclaimed books on early America, including the Pulitzer P rize-winning William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Early American Frontier and American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of America (November 27, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 874 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159853582X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598535822
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 1.32 x 8.14 inches
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  • schattenfinger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important for Americans
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020
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    These wonderful novels by America's original historical novelist reek of early American character and experience and deserve a place on every American's bookshelf. Easy to read, engaging, compelling, and thought provoking, The Spy (in particular) should be required reading in public schools IMO.

    Like all books in the series, this LOA volume is built to last for generations. It fits great in the hand, is typeset perfectly, has a durable fabric cover under a sturdy dust jacket, and utilizes acid-free paper that will not turn yellow.
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  • Alton Dee Hardman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe America’s first spy novels.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019
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    I have always liked Cooper as a writer, but it was interesting to see him address the American Revolution as a setting rather than the early American frontier.
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  • Aquila Chrysaetos
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Library of America Edition
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019
    This book contains Cooper's The Spy and Lionel Lincoln. His writing style is on the flowery side. If I haven't read Cooper in a while it takes me about a chapter to acclimate to his style, then I'm hooked. I stayed up all night finishing The Spy. I was three chapters into Lionel Lincoln when the clock chimed 4: 30 in the morning.

    The Spy was exciting reading with plenty of suspense, drama and action. Like Last of the Mohicans there were some sad parts. He drew characters I loved and a couple I loved to hate.

    Lionel Lincoln is set in Boston around the time of the battle of Bunker Hill. The main character is a British soldier who is heir to large estates in England though he grew up in Boston. The main theme of this tale is about family secrets.

    Cooper was born six years after the war for independence ended, so the events were still fresh in people's minds but were beginning to acquire the luster of legends. I could see it in the way The Spy is told. I noticed it also in Cooper's sea tale The Pilot which features John Paul Jones.

    The Library of America Edition is the best you can find. In their publications, they strive to find texts that most closely reflect the author's original intent. I have lots of Library of America and I can't recall finding misprint or proofreading mistakes. Their paper is always high quality and in books with lots of pages, they choose paper reminiscent of india paper. This particular volume is only in the neighborhood of 800 pages so the paper is slightly thicker. The bindings are the best I have seen anywhere. I really like the dustjacket on this volume. It still has the calligraphy by Gun Larson and the red white and blue stripe but they added artwork making it more attractive.

    I am happy to have such a well-made edition as I loved both novels and plan to read them again.

    It was 28 years between the publication of the last LOA Cooper volume (containing The Pilot and Red Rover) and this one. I hope they don't wait as long before the next one as I am apt to be dead by then. LOA has published all of Melville and Twain. I hope they do the same with Cooper.
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