The Deerslayer
or, The First War-Path
$40.32
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2002
Summary
Set during the French and Indian Wars, The Deerslayer vividly captures the essence of both the murderous humanity and the natural beauty that distinguished America’s founding. The last of Cooper’s famous Leatherstocking Tales, it is first chronologically in the frontier adventures of the backwoods scout Natty Bumppo. Amid a terrain largely inspired by Cooper’s own boyhood, Natty’s initiation in the moral codes of wilderness society is examined in what is, according to D. H. Lawrence,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760877 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375760873 |
| Author: | James Fenimore Cooper, Leslie Fiedler |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Edition: | 2002nd |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2002 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“James Fenimore Cooper was the first great American novelist.”- A. B. Guthrie
“James Fenimore Cooper was the first great American novelist.”—A. B. Guthrie
About The Author
James Fenimore Cooper
Leslie A. Fiedler is Distinguished Professor and holds the Samuel L. Clemens Chair in English at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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