The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

"The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1845. The second book in the Littlepage trilogy, it explores land ownership and the displacement of American Indians during westward expansion. Through the figure of the chainbearer—a surveyor who measures land—Cooper examines the cultural divide between European and Native American concepts of property. The novel critiques the growing corruption of civilization and America's treatment of indigenous peoples as the nation expands. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Title The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chainbearer
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject War stories
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction
Subject Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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