| The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path Contributor(s): Cooper, James Fenimore (Author), Fiedler, Leslie (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375760873 ISBN-13: 9780375760877 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: 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, "the loveliest and best" of the Leatherstocking series. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive text established by James Franklin Beard and James P. Elliott, which is the Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002066007 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.33" W x 8.11" (0.96 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, "the loveliest and best" of the Leatherstocking series. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive text established by James Franklin Beard and James P. Elliott, which is the Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. |