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Historical FantasyHistorical FictionAdventure

Sea Tales

The Pilot / The Red Rover

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  • 1823 first published
  • 416 pages
  • 98 editions
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Published in 1823, Sea Tales is a historical fantasy and historical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It takes readers to United States during Revolution, 1775–1783. Readers will find themes of seafaring life, naval operations, naval Military operations and war & military.

19 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 98 editions across 4 languages.

At about 416 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Sea Tales

An American frigate and her supporting schooner enter a shoal-filled bay off Northumberland (northeastern England) on a bleak day in December during the American Revolution. Their immediate purpose is to pick up from the rocky cliffs someone referred to at first simply as a pilot. There is a suggestion that he may be a very special pilot when Captain Munson, commander of the frigate, orders his first officer, Lieutenant Edward Griffith, to stand offshore in the ship's barge, filled with marines, while Lieutenant Richard Barnstable, commander of the schooner Ariel, goes ashore in a whaleboat with a handful of men to bring off the stranger.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • American Sea stories
  • Seafaring life
  • Historical fiction
  • Naval operations
  • Naval Military operations
  • Historical
  • War & military
  • Sea stories
  • United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783
  • Action & adventure
  • American fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • United states
  • Historical fantasy
  • Récits de mer
  • Classic Literature
  • Oceans and Seas

Quick answers

Who wrote Sea Tales?

Sea Tales was written by James Fenimore Cooper and first published in 1823.

What genre is Sea Tales?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adventure and Classic Fantasy.

How long is Sea Tales?

The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Sea Tales?

Readers who like it often enjoy Salute to Adventurers, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

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