A smuggler who seems to lead a charmed existence kidnaps a young heiress from colonial New York, and engages in battle with two French ships.

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Chiefly set on the waters and islands of New York Harbor in the early years of the 1700s, James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Water-Witch (1830) paints a vivid picture of life in ...

"The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale" by James Fenimore Cooper. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every ...

In what may be a first among maritime action-adventure novels, the vessels at the center of this fast-paced tale from James Fenimore Cooper spend virtually the entirety of the ...