Natty Bumppo — also known as the Deerslayer, the Pathfinder, and Hawk-Eye — returns in this adventure by America's first great novelist. Acclaimed by D. H. Lawrence as "the loveliest and best" of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales," it recaptures the danger and excitement of frontier life during the French and Indian Wars.
A Note on the TextviIntroductionviiFurther ReadingxxviPreface to the First Edition (1841)1Preface to the Leather-Stocking Tales (1850)5Preface to Deerslayer (1850)11The Deerslayer13