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This premium quality edition includes the complete text of James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale of the conflicts and complications brought by divided loyalties during the American Revolution in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page size, this... Read Full Overview

A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley romances, Cooper's novel centers on Harvey Birch, a common man wrongly suspected of being a spy for the British. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the... Read Full Overview

One of the best books of all time, James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy . If you haven't read this classic already, then you're missing out - read The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper today!

In American literature, James Fenimore Cooper is a name that Americans have heard of but can't always place, when compared to the works of individuals like Edgar Allan Poe and Emerson and Thoreau. But every American comes across his work, and today he is best remembered as a... Read Full Overview

The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. His second novel, it was published in 1821 by Wiley & Halsted. The plot is set during the American Revolution and was inspired in part by the family friend John Jay. The Spy was successful... Read Full Overview

The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. His second novel, it was published in 1821 by Wiley & Halsted. The plot is set during the American Revolution and was inspired in part by the family friend John Jay. The Spy was successful... Read Full Overview

This premium quality large print edition includes the complete text of James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale of the conflicts and complications brought by divided loyalties during the American Revolution in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page... Read Full Overview

The household of Mr Wharton and his daughters is visited by Mr Harper, an American loyalist; Captain Henry Wharton, the son of the house; and Mr Harvey Birch, suspected of being a British spy. The futures of these characters become inextricably linked as they face the perils... Read Full Overview

Experience the drama of the American Revolution in J. Fenimore Cooper's "The Spy," a historical fiction classic set against the backdrop of war-torn New York. This condensed edition, meticulously prepared for print republication, plunges you into a world of patriotism and... Read Full Overview

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty... Read Full Overview

An exciting Revolutionary War tale of double agents and counterespionage in New York State in 1780.

A year after his imitative first novel Precaution (1820) enjoyed only modest success, James Fenimore Cooper penned The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground,... Read Full Overview