MEET NATTY BUMPPO\ The first volume in the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, the quintessential American hunter and frontiersman who struggles to defend his cherished freedom.\ \ \ The release of the popular film The Last of the Mohicans has increased interest in Cooper's works. The first in his renowned Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers portrays frontier life in a New York settlement in the late 1700s, and is considered the first...
MEET NATTY BUMPPO The first volume in the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, the quintessential American hunter and frontiersman who struggles to defend his cherished freedom.
A Note on the TextviIntroductionviiSuggestions for Further ReadingxxiiiPreface to the First Edition (1823)3Introduction to the 1832 Edition6Introduction to the Putnam Edition (1851)11The Pioneers15Notes457