James Fenimore Cooper
Satanstoe; Or, the Littlepage Manuscripts. A Tale of the Colony
"Satanstoe; Or, the Littlepage Manuscripts. A Tale of the Colony" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1845. This fictional autobiography opens the three-part Littlepage Manuscripts cycle, exploring life in eighteenth-century colonial New York. Through the narrative voice of its protagonist, the novel examines the social fabric, conflicts, and daily realities of America's colonial past, setting the stage for the subsequent volumes "The Chainbearer" and "The Redskins."