The complete online text of Pathfinder; or, the inland sea 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...

In the same sense that the Mississippi can be called the backbone of North America, or the Aegean can be called the belly of Greece, the long, narrow body of water known as the Seto Naikai, or "Inland Sea," can be called - in...

Efforts to save the Salton Sea, an important but endangered habitat, are in jeopardy as California races a federal deadline to reduce its use of Colorado River water and lawmakers worry the cost may be too high. Warnings about the sea's demise are...