The complete online text of Afloat and Ashore by James Fenimore Cooper.

Throughout much of the nineteenth century James Fenimore Cooper was one of the most widely read novelists in the world and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a series of well-publicized quarrels with his country caused his prestige to...

One hundred and fifty years ago Cooper was one of the world's most widely read novelists and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a number of well-publicized quarrels with his country caused his prestige to suffer, but at his death in 18...

One hundred and fifty years ago Cooper was one of the world's most widely read novelists and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a number of well-publicized quarrels with his country caused his prestige to suffer, but at his death in 18...

San Diego Harbor has news ashore and afloat The first wave of development has swept San Diego's downtown waterfront, leaving a shimmering 25-story hotel tower, a new park, new dining spots. The 681-room Hotel Inter-Continental, opended in March, stands at water's...

Rarely don't have a day passes that I don't ask what we could have done differently to prevent our petty officer's death and to make sure we another tragic mishap. He certainly fit the classic high-risk category: a young, unmarried, first-term Sailor away...