Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
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"Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale" by James Fenimore Cooper is a nautical fiction novel published in 1844. Set in the early 1800s, it follows Miles Wallingford Jr., a wealthy New York landowner's son who goes to sea after his parents' death. Drawing on Cooper's own maritime experiences, the novel explores Miles's adventures and his complicated relationship with Neb, a runaway slave who becomes his companion aboard ship. The story ends abruptly,
requiring a sequel to resolve its plot and themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 |
|---|---|
| Title | Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afloat_and_Ashore |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders Team (www.pgdp.net) HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Sea stories |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Seafaring life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Merchant mariners -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8647 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 830 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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