{"product_id":"the-water-witch-or-the-skimmer-of-the-seas-paperback","title":"The Water-Witch: Or, The Skimmer of the Seas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Fenimore Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThomas Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting tale of nautical adventure on the waters of colonial New York Harbor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiefly set on the waters and islands of New York Harbor in the early years of the 1700s, James Fenimore Cooper's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Witch\u003c\/i\u003e (1830) paints a vivid picture of life in the little colonial port. It was familiar territory for Cooper, who a century later had served as a junior officer on board an eighteen-gun sloop-of-war stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That experience acquainted him with the navigational intricacies and dangers with which his characters must deal as they carry out the central action of the novel, the repeated attempts by a British naval cruiser to capture the brigantine commanded by a notorious smuggler known as the Skimmer of the Seas. As in all of Cooper's nautical novels, the scenes of ship-handling and naval combat in \u003ci\u003eThe Water-Witch\u003c\/i\u003e are rendered with absolute authenticity, but here he envelops them in a cloud of mystery and magic that is dispersed only in the chaotic climax of the book. This scholarly edition includes an informative historical introduction and thorough explanatory notes. It also serves as an example of the processes by which an authoritative text is established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Writings of James Fenimore Cooper \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinguished Cooper scholar James Franklin Beard (1919-1989) began organizing the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper in the late 1960s, as his work on publishing the monumental Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper came to fulfillment. Beard's intention was to provide readers with sound scholarly editions of Cooper's major works, based wherever possible on authorial manuscripts. To date, the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper has made available texts of many of Cooper's best-known novels, as well as some of his most important works of political and social commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. \u003cb\u003eMarianne Philbrick\u003c\/b\u003e (1931-2015) participated in the editing of five volumes of the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper and was the author of \u003ci\u003eSeasoning\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of her poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 691\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47881290481815,"sku":"9781438485225","price":73.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/gE3kGTq8XV9781438485225.webp?v=1781071881","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/the-water-witch-or-the-skimmer-of-the-seas-paperback","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}