Excerpt from American Lands and Letters: Leather-Stocking to Poe's "Raven" This record begins with times when the wrathy independence of General Jackson made itself heard in Congressional corridors and when young ears were listening eage'rly for new foot-falls of the brave leather-stocking in the paths of American woods; and it closes with the lugubrious and memorable notes of the Raven of Poe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.