The Crater (novel)

Novel by James Fenimore Cooper

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The Crater, or Vulcan's Peak: a Tale of the Pacific is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1847. Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a U.S. Navy midshipman in the 1810s.[1]

From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist and role-model Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry. Following a regional volcanic upheaval which raises new land, he founds a similarly industrious and thriving colony after escaping from, then returning to, The Reef. The outnumbered colonists must defend their new homes and possessions against natives who covet the new land. The novel concludes with the apocalyptic annihilation of the island colony by another natural disaster.[2]

## See also

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* The Coral Island
* Lord of the Flies

## References

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1. ^ Franklin, Wayne (October 1, 2008). James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years. Yale University Press. p. 117. Retrieved December 2, 2016 - via Internet Archive.
2. ^ John Hay, Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2017), 103.

## External links

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* The Crater at Project Gutenberg

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Works by James Fenimore Cooper

Leatherstocking Tales novels|

* The Deerslayer
* The Last of the Mohicans
* The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea
* The Pioneers
* The Prairie

Other novels|

* Afloat and Ashore
* Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
* The Bravo
* The Chainbearer
* The Crater
* The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons
* The Heidenmauer
* Homeward Bound
* Home as Found
* Jack Tier, or the Florida Reef
* Lionel Lincoln
* Mercedes of Castile
* Miles Wallingford
* The Monikins
* The Oak Openings
* The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
* Precaution
* The Red Rover
* The Redskins
* Satanstoe
* The Sea Lions
* The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground
* The Two Admirals
* The Water-Witch
* The Ways of the Hour
* The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish
* The Wing-and-Wing
* Wyandotté

Short stories and plays|

* Tales for Fifteen
* No Steamboats
* Upside Down
* The Lake Gun

Non-fiction|

* The Chronicles of Cooperstown
* The Eclipse
* The History of the Navy of the United States of America
* Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers
* Ned Myers
* New York: or The Towns of Manhattan
* Notions of the Americans
* Old Ironsides
* Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, &c.

Political writings|

* Letter to General Lafayette
* A Letter to His Countrymen
* The American Democrat

Travel writings|

* Gleanings in Europe: Switzerland
* Gleanings in Europe: The Rhine
* A Residence in France
* Gleanings in Europe: France
* Gleanings in Europe: England
* Gleanings in Europe: Italy

* Commons
* Wikiquote
* Wikisource texts

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