ISBN: 1410101622

This introduction to her father's novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: In the year 1845 appeared Satanstoe, a very pleasant book, giving us pictures of society in the… More...

This introduction to her father's novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: In the year 1845 appeared Satanstoe, a very pleasant book, giving us pictures of society in the colony of New York, some hundred years earlier. The narrative takes the form of an autobiography, purporting to have been written by a member of the Littlepage family, living on one of the "Necks" of West Chester, on the shores of the Sound, but the proprietor of extensive lands in the interior of the province. The reader follows the steps of Cornelius Littlepage in his visits to New York, his quiet but amusing accounts of the state of things in the great capital of the province at that time, in his glimpses of Albany and our Dutch ancestors, and goes with him into the wilderness, to Mooseridge, the tract of ground to be peopled and worked by the proprietor. In reading the book, at the first glance we should deem it simply a pleasant look backward at town and country, among our forefathers, while the quiet interest thrown about the different characters leads us onward, without effort, through some striking scenes. The latent object of the writer scarcely appears in this, the first work of a connected series of three, relating to the same family and the same tract of lands. We are made to see clearly, however, that the task of redeeming Mooseridge from the wilderness, and taking the first steps toward cultivation, was one requiring money, forethought, and effort. In the second work o anthologies,children's,children's books,classics,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, Fredonia Books<

ISBN: 1410101622

This introduction to her father's novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: In the year 1845 appeared Satanstoe, a very pleasant book, giving us pictures of society in the… More...

This introduction to her father's novel was written by his daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper: In the year 1845 appeared Satanstoe, a very pleasant book, giving us pictures of society in the colony of New York, some hundred years earlier. The narrative takes the form of an autobiography, purporting to have been written by a member of the Littlepage family, living on one of the "Necks" of West Chester, on the shores of the Sound, but the proprietor of extensive lands in the interior of the province. The reader follows the steps of Cornelius Littlepage in his visits to New York, his quiet but amusing accounts of the state of things in the great capital of the province at that time, in his glimpses of Albany and our Dutch ancestors, and goes with him into the wilderness, to Mooseridge, the tract of ground to be peopled and worked by the proprietor. In reading the book, at the first glance we should deem it simply a pleasant look backward at town and country, among our forefathers, while the quiet interest thrown about the different characters leads us onward, without effort, through some striking scenes. The latent object of the writer scarcely appears in this, the first work of a connected series of three, relating to the same family and the same tract of lands. We are made to see clearly, however, that the task of redeeming Mooseridge from the wilderness, and taking the first steps toward cultivation, was one requiring money, forethought, and effort. In the second work o anthologies,children's,children's books,classics,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,history,literary Children's Books, Fredonia Books<

ISBN: 1410101622

Satanstoe : The Littlepage Manuscripts - A Tale of the Colony anthologies,classics,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, Fred… More...

Satanstoe : The Littlepage Manuscripts - A Tale of the Colony anthologies,classics,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, Fredonia Books<

2002, ISBN: 9781410101624

Fredonia Books (NL), 2002-12-31. Paperback. Good. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service., Fredonia Books (NL), 2002-12-31

2002, ISBN: 9781410101624

Fredonia Books (NL), 2002-12-31. Paperback. Good., Fredonia Books (NL), 2002-12-31