Poke O'moonshine (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Poke O'moonshine If the New World is too new to have a history, it is at least old enough to be rich in legend. It is not so much the comparative poverty in tradition of the scenes of which he wrote that will always keep Cooper second to Scott in the category of romance, as it is Cooper's own inferiority to the "veteran chief of letters" in the literary faculty generally, and specifically in the poetic faculty. It is well to bear that in mind. Certainly Cooper's material was abundant. And none of it is more romantic than that which is furnished by the chivalry, at once, and the cruelty, the perils, toils, triumphs, the inhuman butcheries, and the quaint wilderness courtesies that characterize the romantic struggle which we call the "French and Indian wars." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.