This carefully edited collection of maritime adventure novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Novels: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea The Red Rover: A Tale The Water-Witch: The Skimmer of the Seas Homeward Bound: The Chase (A Tale of the Sea) Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward Bound Mercedes of Castile: The Voyage to Cathay The Two Admirals The Wing-and-Wing: Le Feu-Follet (Jack o Lantern) Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale Miles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and Ashore Jack Tier: The Florida Reefs The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers Biography: Ned Myers: A Life before the Mast James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.