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Leatherstocking Tales
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Description edit
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) grew up at Otsego Hall, his father’s manorial estate near Lake Otsego in upstate New York. Educated at Yale, he spent five years at sea, as a foremast hand and then as a midshipman in the navy. At thirty he was suddenly plunged into a literary career when... read more
Books in This Collection
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The Pioneers
by James Fenimore Cooper (Author)Originally published in 1823, "The Pioneers" is the first of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, and the one that incorporates most fully his own experience of growing up in a town of the American frontier. The heart of the novel is a conflict...
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The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper (Author)The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty...
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The Prairie
by James Fenimore Cooper (Author)As part of the series of "Leatherstocking" tales, this story chronicles the career of Natty Bumppo - hunter, scout, pathfinder and trapper, and aims to reflect the aspirations and disappointments of America's expansionist movement. Cooper...
Characters/People edit
- Duncan: Add a description of this character.
- Heyward
- Richard
- Marmaduke
- Ishmael Bush
- Paul Hover
- Benjamin
- Middleton
- Cora
- Elizabeth
- David
- John
- Alice
- Magua
- Mahtoree
- Hiram
- Ellen Wade
- Mr. Edwards
- Munro
- Mr. Grant
- Chingachgook
- Esther
- Inez
- Mr. Jones
- Delawares
- Hector
- Mingo
- Louisa
- Billy Kirby
- Abiram
- Monsieur Le Quoi
- Oliver
- Montcalm
- Dickon
- Obed
- William Henry
- Mr. Doolittle
- Huron
- Dr. Todd
- Abner
- Renard
- Mr. Lippet
- Doctor Battius
- Judge Temple
Setting & Locations edit
- Pawnee
- Prairies
- Siouxes
- France
- Heaven
- Providence
- America
- Uncas
- Horican
- United States
- Mississippi
- Templeton
- Canada
- Kentucky
- England
- Otsego
- Great Spirit
- New York
- Hard-heart
- Tamenund
- Rocky Mountains
- Major Effingham
- Hudson
- Manitto
- Tachechana
- Europe
- Asa
- Weucha
- Pennsylvania
- Miquon
- Brom
- Albany
- Connecticut
- London
- Missouri
- Scotland
- Atlantic
- Washington
- Champlain
- Israel
- Dahcotah
- Boadishey
- Natty
- Great Britain
First Sentence edit
NEAR THE CENTRE of the State of New-York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Leatherstocking Tales. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Fenimore Cooper (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Blake Nevins (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.2
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Cooper, James Fenimore
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cooper, James Fenimore
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › United States
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Westerns
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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