The deerslayer
United States in fictionMale friendshipHuntersScouts and scouting in fictionFiction
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Open LibraryAbout 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.
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United States in fictionMale friendshipHuntersScouts and scouting in fictionFictionNew York (State) French and Indian War, 1755-1763
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New York (State)United StatesFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763French and Indian War, 1754-1763
About the author
James Fenimore Cooper
15 September 1789 – 14 September 1851
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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