Chainbearer - Or, the Littlepage Manuscripts

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.

About the author

Lance Schachterle is Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. James P. Elliott is Professor of English at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore/ Schachterle Cooper
• Assisted by: James P Elliott (Editor), James P. Elliott (Editor), Lance Schachterle (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781438480657
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8065-7
• No. of pages: 554
• Series: Writings of James Fenimore Coo
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature