Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper

"Oak Openings" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1848. Set in Michigan's oak savanna during the War of 1812, it follows Benjamin Boden, a professional honey-hunter nicknamed "Ben Buzz." Cooper's last wilderness novel explores the relationship between European settlers and Native Americans during westward expansion. The story weaves themes of property ownership, religion, and industry as the bee-hunter navigates this frontier landscape. This melancholy work serves as a final chapter to Cooper's exploration of early American wilderness life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Title Oak Openings
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oak_Openings
Credits Text file produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Indians of North America -- Fiction
Subject American fiction -- 19th century
Category Text
eBook-No. 4215
Release Date
Last Update Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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