The Pilot

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"The Pilot" is a historical sea novel by James Fenimore Cooper, often regarded as one of the earliest American nautical romances and inspired by the legendary figure of John Paul Jones.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
nautical romance
novel
sea novel
author James Fenimore Cooper NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy The Red Rover
genre adventure fiction
historical fiction
sea story
hasAdaptation stage adaptation
hasCharacter Barnstable NERFINISHED
Colonel Howard
Griffith
Katherine Plowden
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hasForm prose
hasInfluenceOn later nautical fiction authors
hasMediaType print
hasSubject British–American conflict
United States Navy
privateering
inspiredBy John Paul Jones
literaryMovement American Romanticism
literarySignificance helped establish the sea novel as a major genre in American literature
mainSetting Atlantic Ocean
coast of England
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor being one of the earliest American nautical romances
detailed and realistic depiction of seamanship
originalLanguage English
partOf American sea fiction tradition
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationYear 1824
publisher Charles Wiley NERFINISHED
settingPeriod American Revolutionary War
theme heroism
identity and secrecy
loyalty and duty
naval warfare
patriotism
timeOfPublication early 19th century

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