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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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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United States in fiction, Male friendship, Hunters, Scouts and scouting in fiction, Fiction, New York (State) French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Hunters in fiction, Indiens de l'Amérique du Nord, Indians of North America in fiction, Iroquois Indians, Delaware Indians in fiction, Historical fiction, French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Frontier and pioneer life in fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, United States French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Roman, Scouting (Reconnaissance), Delaware Indians, Iroquois Indians in fiction, History, Iroquois Indians in fiction, Male friendship in fiction, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction, Artistic Anatomy, Natty Bumppo (Fictitious character), Scouts and scouting, United States in fiction, Delaware Indians in fiction, French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763) fast (OCoLC)fst01800886, General, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Bumppo, natty (fictitious character), fiction, United states, history, french and indian war, 1755-1763, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, New york (state), fiction, War, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Scouts (Reconnaissance), Scouting (Youth activity), Scouts (Youth organization members), Drama, Thriller, Fiction (American), American literature, Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, Freundschaft, Mohikaner, Pelztierjäger, Frontier and pioneer life $z New York (State) $v Fiction, Russian language materials, Delaware (Indiens), Romans, nouvelles, Chasseurs, Scoutisme, Histoire, Художественная литература -- США -- Американская литература -- 2-ая пол. 19 в. -- Приключенческие и детективные романы, повести, рассказы, Fiction, action & adventurePlaces
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Der Wildtöter: vom Leben der Weissen und Indianer im Grenzland ; erste Lederstrumpf-Erzählung
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The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the following books take place. It introduces the hero of the Tales, Natty Bumppo, and his philosophy that every living thing should follow its own nature. He is contrasted to other, less conscientious, frontiersmen.
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