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The Chainbearer; or The Littlepage Manuscripts is a novel by the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1845. The Chainbearer is the second book in a trilogy starting with Satanstoe and ending with The Redskins.
- James Fenimore Cooper
- 1845
11 de ene. de 2011 · If the Chainbearer has really these blacks with him, and has hutted judiciously, I dare say we shall have quite as comfortable a time as many of those we passed together in camp. Then, I shall carry my flute with me; for Miss Priscilla Bayard has given me reason to expect a very wonderful creature in Dus, the niece, of which old Andries used to talk so much.
Cooper’s The Chainbearer presents an exciting narrative that interrogates issues of what it means to own land. The novel examines the claims of ownership of wilderness land among Native Americans, New England squatters, and the old New York families with legal deeds.
James Fenimore Cooper. 3.71. 21 ratings2 reviews. This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. Genres ClassicsHistorical FictionFictionAmerican. 344 pages. First published January 1, 1845.
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In the novel The Chainbearer, which is the second entry in his Littlepage trilogy, Cooper focuses on the displacement of Native American populations that occurred as a result of westward expansion. Preview this book »
1 de sept. de 2020 · The plot culminates with characteristic flee-and-capture excitement when a lawless squatter, Aaron "Thousandacres," imprisons the hero, who is ultimately freed through the agency of his faithful Dutch surveyor, Andries Coejemans, the "Chainbearer," and his beautiful niece Ursula, whom Mordant ultimately marries—despite her lower ...
The Chainbearer: The Littlepage Manuscripts James Fenimore (ART) Cooper No preview available - 2017 The Chainbearer, Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, Volumes 1-2
