The Deerslayer; or, The First Warpath

by James Fenimore Cooper

Overview

The last in a series of books known as the Leather-Stocking Tales, "The Deerslayer" is really an introduction to an American time which came to terms with natural talents versus codes of behavior governing the new civilization. Here we are presented the pioneers and their valorous characteristics which formed the nation. It is an impassioned and murderous beginning full of promise and misadventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595471345
Publisher:	NuVision Publications
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	631 KB

About the Author

The creator of two genres that became staples of American literature — the sea romance and the frontier adventure — James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was born in New Jersey, raised in the wilderness of New York, and spent five years at sea before embarking on his successful writing career. Among Cooper’s many novels, his best-known books are the five "Leatherstocking" tales — including The Deerslayer and The Last of the Mohicans — each featuring the fictional hero Natty Bumppo.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1789

Date of Death:

September 14, 1851

Place of Birth:

Burlington, New Jersey

Place of Death:

Cooperstown, New York

Education:

Yale University (expelled in 1805)