The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
by James Fenimore Cooper
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Natty Bumpo and Chingachgook, bring alive the early 1700's when Americans, French, and Huron were fighting for the vast, uncharted wilderness.Tags
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I love the Leatherstocking Tales! Therefore my objectivity is lacking.
I read this volume some 30 years ago (1970's).
This was an excellent book (i.e., a 5 on a 5 point scale), which is much more than I expect when I buy a book.
I have curently misplaced this book.
This contains three of the books about Natty Bumpo, the other two are in Volume II. 'Readers who which to follow the chronological order of (his) career should read The Leatherstocking Tales in the following sequence: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie' (from the note in the table of contents).
The series of books are early westerns (i.e., western New York) from the French and Indians War to the early 1800's.
He is a competent show more writer with a good vocabulary. His plot and character developments are good.
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This is a Library of America book.
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I am too biased to be objective. show less
I read this volume some 30 years ago (1970's).
This was an excellent book (i.e., a 5 on a 5 point scale), which is much more than I expect when I buy a book.
I have curently misplaced this book.
This contains three of the books about Natty Bumpo, the other two are in Volume II. 'Readers who which to follow the chronological order of (his) career should read The Leatherstocking Tales in the following sequence: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie' (from the note in the table of contents).
The series of books are early westerns (i.e., western New York) from the French and Indians War to the early 1800's.
He is a competent show more writer with a good vocabulary. His plot and character developments are good.
Positives:
This is a Library of America book.
Negatives:
I am too biased to be objective. show less
I'm not totally thrilled by the order of the books, but the order is the date they were originally published, & there's not much to do about that! I guess a good way of looking at it, is the first is something that happens today, the second is what happened earlier in his life, & the last is what happens later in his life to his death. The two stories in the next volume have to fit in here somehow!
One of my thought while I was reading was, "how will people today be able to relate to this? There are so many Biblical references! & the French!" When I got finished reading the books, I read thru the back which not only includes a history of James Cooper's life & publications, but also notes that give explain the references & interpret the show more French! (However, some still assume a Biblical understanding like "Obed was the father of Jess, who was the father of David, One of David's sons was Absalom, another was Solomon, who was the grandfather of Asa." I will definitely be using this when I read the second volume! show less
One of my thought while I was reading was, "how will people today be able to relate to this? There are so many Biblical references! & the French!" When I got finished reading the books, I read thru the back which not only includes a history of James Cooper's life & publications, but also notes that give explain the references & interpret the show more French! (However, some still assume a Biblical understanding like "Obed was the father of Jess, who was the father of David, One of David's sons was Absalom, another was Solomon, who was the grandfather of Asa." I will definitely be using this when I read the second volume! show less
"The pioners, or the sources of the susquehanna; a decriptive tale", "The last of the mohicans; a narrative of 1757", "The prairie; a tale"
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James Fenimore Cooper, acclaimed as one of the first American novelists, was born in Burlington, N.J., on September 15, 1789. When he was one year old, his family moved to Cooperstown, N.Y., which was founded by his father. Cooper attended various grammar schools in Burlington, Cooperstown, and Albany, and entered Yale University in 1803 at the show more age of 13. In 1806, Cooper was expelled from Yale for pushing a rag with gunpowder under a classmate's door, causing it to explode. He then spent some time as a merchant seaman and served as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy from 1808-1811. In 1811, Cooper married Susan De Lancey, and lived the life of a country gentleman until one day in 1820. Cooper and his wife were reading a book together. When Cooper told Susan that he could write a better book than the one they were reading, she challenged him to do so. Thus began his career as an author, with Precaution (first published anonymously). Cooper is known for writing more than 50 works under his own name, Jane Morgan, and Anonymous. His works included fiction, nonfiction, history, and travel sketches. He gained insight for his travel works while the Cooper family lived in Europe from 1826 to 1833. Cooper is best known for the novel The Last of The Mohicans, which has been made into several motion picture adaptations, the most recent starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye. The Last of the Mohicans is part of The Leatherstocking Tales, which includes the other novels, The Pioneers, The Deerslayer, and The Pathfinder. Hawkeye, whose given name is Nathaniel Bumpo, is a recurring character in the series which accurately chronicles early American pioneering life and events during the French and Indian War. In 1851, Cooper developed a liver condition, dying on September 14th of that year, just one day before his 62nd birthday. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
- Original publication date
- 1985-07-01
- Publisher's editor
- Nevius, Blake
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813
- Disambiguation notice
- This omnibus contains The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Prairie.
This is an omnibus unique to the Library of America; therefore, all CK facts apply to this publication only.
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