During the American Revolution, an American frigate and schooner slip in among the rocks and shoals of the northeast English coast, guided by a silent, enigmatic pilot. Lieutenants Griffith and Barnstable, the old harpooner Long Tom Coffin and a band of marines plunge into a raid on shore, while love and loyalty divide those they find there.
Cooper’s answer to Scott’s The Pirate, a founding work of the American sea novel. Download the free EPUB.