James Fenimore Cooper was a popular American writer in 19th century. He was best known for his historical romances. Before his writer career, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings.
"The Sea Lions" is one of the best sailing stories by James Cooper which mesmerizes spirits of all lovers of sailing genre. The story opens on the seacoast of Suffolk Country, Long Island and turns mainly upon the mysterious existence of certain wild islands within the Antarctic Circle. Main characters of the story have a common goal, find those cryptic islands in the frozen independent land.