The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
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About This Book
The hero of The Pilot - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novel, published in 1823, helped start the genre of sea novels. Cooper's other major works include the renowned Leatherstocking The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prarie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer.
Chapters (41)
- THE PILOT
- A Tale of the Sea
- TO WILLIAM BRANFORD SHUBRICK, ESQ., U. S. NAVY. MY DEAR SHUBRICK,
- PREFACE.
- THE PILOT
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- “KATHERINE PLOWDEN.
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- CHAPTER XXXV
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