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Historical novels of the American colonial period.

 
 
Brandon9000
 
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Reply Wed 10 Oct, 2012 04:48 am
I know this is slightly off topic, but I grew up in Scarsdale, NY, which was apparently James Fenimore Cooper's home town, and there are a number of things around town, such as streets, named after him. Having never read his work, I can say nothing about its quality.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 10 Oct, 2012 04:55 am
His stories are entertaining and highly inaccuarte historically. Since i posted above that i had never read any of his sea stories, i have read Wing and Wing; although melodramatic in the preferred manner of his day, he is far more accurate in describing ships and the sea than he is with his fantasy world about the Indians.

You can read Wing and Wing by clicking here. Look at the left-hand side about half-way down, and the text is available chapter by chapter.
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Brandon9000
 
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Reply Wed 10 Oct, 2012 10:11 pm
Thank you.
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yosemiteduo
 
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Reply Wed 15 May, 2013 03:30 pm
@coluber2001,
Eye of the Raven & Bone Setter - both by Eliot Patterson
The Northwest Passage - by Kenneth Roberts
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 15 May, 2013 05:06 pm
Posted without reading the thread, huh?

Kenneth Roberts was mentioned in the fourth post.

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