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The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers is an 1849 sea vel by James Fenimore Cooper. The plot revolves around two sealers stranded in amongst Antarctic ice. The vel was first published in two volumes, by Stringer & Townsend. Critic W.B. Gates described the vel as taking inspiration from Charles Wilkes's Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition of the Years 1838-1842. Herman Melville reviewed the vel in 1849 for the magazine The Literary World.[2] Melville's praise for the vel focuses on the action and adventure of the vel, saying, Upon the whole, we warmly recommend the Sea Lions; and even those who more for fashion's sake than anything else, have of late joined in decrying our national velist, will in this last work, perhaps, recognise one of his happiestProduct Identifiers
PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101534875506
ISBN-139781534875500
eBay Product ID (ePID)224412951
Product Key Features
Book TitleSea Lions. Complete in One Volume Novel By: James Fenimore Cooper (Original Version)
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
AuthorJames Fenimore Cooper
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Spine13mm
Country of PublicationUnited States
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations