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James Fenimore Cooper: the Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (LOA #26) : The Pioneers / the Last of the Mohicans / the Prairie by James F. Cooper (1985, Hardcover)
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At thirty he was suddenly plunged into a literary career when his wife challenged his claim that he could write a better book that the English novel he was reading to her. The result was Precaution (1820), a novel of manners.
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PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-100940450208
ISBN-139780940450202
eBay Product ID (ePID)956970
Product Key Features
Book TitleJames Fenimore Cooper: the Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (LOA #26) : The Pioneers / the Last of the Mohicans / the Prairie
Number of Pages1347 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1985
TopicLiterary, Action & Adventure, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorJames F. Cooper
Book SeriesLibrary of America James Fenimore Cooper Edition Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight30 oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN84-025060
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number1
SynopsisThe five novels in The Leatherstocking Tales (collected intwo Library of America volumes), Cooper's great saga of the American wilderness, form a pageant of the American frontier. Cooper's hero, Natty Bumppo, is forced ever farther into the heart of the continent by the advance of civilization that he inadvertently serves as advance scout, missionary, and critic. Leatherstocking first appears in The Pioneers (1823), as an aged hunter living on the fringe of settlement near Templeton (Cooperstown), New York, at the end of the eighteenth century. There he becomes caught in the struggles of party, family, and class to control the changing American land and to determine what sort of civilization will replace the rapidly vanishing wilderness. When Natty Bumppo started an American tradition by setting off into the sunset at the novel's close, one early reader said, "I longed to go with him." The Last of the Mohicans (1826) is a pure unabashed narrative of adventure. It looks back to the earlier time of the French and Indian Wars, when Natty and his two companions, Chingachgook and Uncas, survivors of a once-proud Indian nation, attempt a daring rescue and seek to forestall the plan of the French to unleash their Mingo allies on a wave of terror through the English settlements. The Prairie (1827) takes up Natty in his eighties, driven by the continuous march of civilization to his last refuge on the Great Plains across the Mississippi. On this vast and barren stage, the Sioux and Pawnee, the outlaw clan of Ishmael Bush, and members of the Lewis and Clark expedition enact a romantic drama of intrigue, pursuit, and biblical justice that reflects Cooper's historical dialectic of culture and nature, of the American nation and the American continent. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries., The five novels in The Leatherstocking Tales (collected in two Library of America volumes), Cooper's great saga of the American wilderness, form a pageant of the American frontier. Cooper's hero, Natty Bumppo, is forced ever farther into the heart of the continent by the advance of civilization that he inadvertently serves as advance scout, missionary, and critic. Leatherstocking first appears in The Pioneers (1823), as an aged hunter living on the fringe of settlement near Templeton (Cooperstown), New York, at the end of the eighteenth century. There he becomes caught in the struggles of party, family, and class to control the changing American land and to determine what sort of civilization will replace the rapidly vanishing wilderness. When Natty Bumppo started an American tradition by setting off into the sunset at the novel's close, one early reader said, "I longed to go with him." The Last of the Mohicans (1826) is a pure unabashed narrative of adventure. It looks back to the earlier time of the French and Indian Wars, when Natty and his two companions, Chingachgook and Uncas, survivors of a once-proud Indian nation, attempt a daring rescue and seek to forestall the plan of the French to unleash their Mingo allies on a wave of terror through the English settlements. The Prairie (1827) takes up Natty in his eighties, driven by the continuous march of civilization to his last refuge on the Great Plains across the Mississippi. On this vast and barren stage, the Sioux and Pawnee, the outlaw clan of Ishmael Bush, and members of the Lewis and Clark expedition enact a romantic drama of intrigue, pursuit, and biblical justice that reflects Cooper's historical dialectic of culture and nature, of the American nation and the American continent. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
LC Classification NumberPS1438
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Hawkeye is a great character. Authentic to time and terrain setting. There are two additional books in this series to enjoy also.
Book is in excellent condition. The stories are excellent classics.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Jun, 2020
Superb edition of classic works by a great American author
You can’t go wrong with this edition of Cooper’s leatherstocking tales by Library of America. Great addition to any books lover!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Oct, 2021
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Dad is gone now. But he left a reading legacy to his grandsons that I wanted to encourage. He loved the stories of James Fenimore Cooper. This was the best gift I could give to these boys. To know their grandpa they only need read these stories.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Mar, 2022
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Great books! If you like early Americana, read these.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Feb, 2020
An American classic!
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