Jack Tier; or, the Florida Reefs

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Jack Tier; or, the Florida Reefs is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Set during the Mexican-American war, the novel relates a untraditional lovestory.