The Water-Witch: Or the Skimmer of the Seas; A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

The fine estuary which penetrates the American coast between the fortieth and forty-first degrees of latitude is formed by the confluence of the Hudson the Hackensack the Passaic the Raritan and a multitude of smaller streams; all of which pour their tribute into the ocean within the space named.

Genres: Fiction, Novels, Classics, American

472 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2001

About the author

James Fenimore Cooper was a popular and prolific American writer. He is best known for his historical novel The Last of the Mohicans, one of the Leatherstocking Tales stories, and he also wrote political fiction, maritime fiction, travelogues, and essays on the American politics of the time. His daughter Susan Fenimore Cooper was also a writer.

Series:
* The Leatherstocking Tales
* The Littlepage Manuscripts
* Afloat and Ashore
* Homeward Bound

Reviews

[Erth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bravo! A good fast read! now i am hooked. This was such a great, easy and creative book. i was hooked after the first page.

The characters were easy to fall in love with and follow, along with the story. the author made the mental visions so easy and vivid of the surroundings and the characters actions felt so real.

i would highly recommend this author and this book.

[Anise · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first, this book appeared to be shaping up to be a retelling of The Red Rover, with many of its characters seeming to have parallels in that story: the loyal officer of the Royal Navy, the supremely-skilled smuggler captain whose roguishness is contrasted with his noble spirit, the stolid landlubber whose point-of-view introduces the story, the woman who cross-dresses in order to go to sea on the smuggler's ship. However similar the characters may be to those found in The Red Rover, they do end up in a different plot with a different ending. I did enjoy Cooper's narratives of naval action; unfortunately, I found his land-based narratives much less exciting. Too bad that so much of the book's plot takes place on land...

[42day · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being as JFC's mother is a blood relative I am more than obligated to read his books.

[Daniela Niehues · Rating 4 out of 5]

es ist eine schöne geschichte zum einschlafen.