The Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851 creator text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1845. The second book in the Littlepage trilogy, it explores land ownership and the displacement of American Indians during westward expansion. Through the figure of the chainbearer—a surveyor who measures land—Cooper examines the cultural divide between European and Native American concepts of property. The novel critiques the growing corruption of civilization and America's treatment of indigenous peoples as the nation expands. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chainbearer Release date is 2011-01-11 Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Historical fiction War stories Domestic fiction New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34916 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34916 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133810.0 34916