The Red Rover

By James Fenimore Cooper

Book Overview

No one, who is familiar with the bustle and activity of an American commercial town, would recognize, in the repose which now reigns in the ancient mart of Rhode Island, a place that, in its day, has been ranked amongst the most important ports along the whole line of our extended coast. It would seem, at the first glance, that nature had expressly fashioned the spot to anticipate the wants and to realize the wishes of the mariner. Enjoying the four great requisites of a safe and commodious haven, a placid basin, an outer harbour, and a convenient roadstead, with a clear offing, Newport appeared, to the eyes of our European ancestors, designed to shelter fleets and to nurse a race of hardy and expert seamen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515006727
• ISBN13: 9781515006725
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

To the point of excellent reads...

The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper could (or rather should, in my opinion) be classified as the definitive pirate story. Set in a time in which wars frequented the then infant american nation and when men were still civil towards one another regardless of apparent violent intentions or differences, this excellent master piece tells of adventurers upon the high seas and progresses beyond that into a simple plot which unravels itself masterfully. It is indeed a sad fact that books like these are becoming more scarce upon our bookshelves.