The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale (1823)

I'm sorry but this book was just plain boring... ( )

This is chronoligically the fourth of the five volumes about Natty Bumppo, but it was the first written and was published in 1821. It is not a very interesting book, and I thought the plot was thin and pooly executed. Natty is an old man, and not very admirable. As always, one knows right away who will get the girl, Elizabeth Temple, in the end. The first two-thirds of the book really drags, so I cannot rate this book very highly. ( )

Wikipedia: The first of the five Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers is perhaps the most realistic and beautiful of the series. Drawing on his own experiences, Cooper brilliantly describes Frontier life, providing a fascinating backdrop to the real heart of the novel--the competing claims to land
ownership of Native Americans and settlers. This edition follows the publication of The Last of the Mohicans in the World's Classics series and uses the standard text approved by the Modern Language Association. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Originally published in 1823, the novel is the first of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales and the one that incorporates most fully his own experience of growing up in a town on the American frontier. He provides brilliant pictures of village life, from Christmas dinner and a turkey shoot, to church and tavern, deer hunt and forest fire, and village courtship and courtroom drama. The heart of the novel is a conflict over who owns America, and by what concept of right.