The Deerslayer (Penguin Classics)
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(5 ratings)576 pages1996Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140390612
United States in fictionMale friendshipHuntersScouts and scouting in fictionFictionNew York (State) French and Indian War, 1755-1763Hunters in fictionIndiens de l'Amérique du NordIndians of North America in fictionIroquois IndiansDelaware Indians in fictionHistorical fictionFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763Frontier and pioneer life in fictionFrontier and pioneer lifeUnited States French and Indian War, 1755-1763RomanScouting (Reconnaissance)Delaware IndiansIroquois Indians in fiction
About this book
The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the following books take place. It introduces the hero of the Tales, Natty Bumppo, and his philosophy that every living thing should follow its own nature. He is contrasted to other, less conscientious, frontiersmen.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 576
- ISBN
- 9780140390612
About Unknown Author
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel [*The Last of the Mohicans*][1], often regarded as his masterpiece. ([Source][2]) [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL77958W/The_last_of_the_Mohicans [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper
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