Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xv
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. The Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper 27
6. CHAPTER THREE. Edgar Allan Poe 132
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Henry David Thoreau 175
8. CHAPTER FIVE. Herman Melville 232
9. CHAPTER SIX. Indian Summer of the Literary West 327
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass 397
11. Index 443