The complete online text of The Sea Lions 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...

MARCUS WOHLSEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-29-2006 Sea lion attacks prompt warning -- Frisco tourists told to stay clear By MARCUS WOHLSEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 11-29-2006, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions SAN FRANCISCO — Tourists...

Alaska's "Sea Bears," the world's largest sea lions, may be headed for extinction. The fertile seas off Alaska sustain a glorious panoply of marine species and the largest fisheries in the US, worth $1 billion annually. But declines in seal, sea lion,...

The competition between protected sea lions gobbling Columbia River salmon and impatient humans with empty fishing lines has led to vigilante action.A fisherman shot a sea lion who stole a salmon off the line of a fellow angler Wednesday at a popular fishing spot near...

Above the spillways of Bonneville Dam, Darrell Schmidt patroled with his shotgun, drawing a bead on furry brown California sea lion heads popping up from the Columbia River and blasting off a beanbag round.All spring he was part of a nonlethal, and not very effective,...