The Deerslayer (Wordsworth Classics) by James Fenimore Cooper epub fb2 djvu
Author: | James Fenimore Cooper |
Title: | The Deerslayer (Wordsworth Classics) |
ISBN: | 1853265527 |
ISBN13: | 978-1853265525 |
Other Formats: | rtf lrf lit azw |
Pages: | 423 pages |
Publisher: | Wordsworth Classics (October 5, 1998) |
Language: | English |
Size EPUB version: | 1610 kb |
Size FB2 version: | 1703 kb |
Category: | Literature & Fiction |
Subcategory: | History & Criticism |
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With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Deerslayer is the culmination of James Fenimore Cooper s Leather-Stocking novels, featuring Natty Bumppo (the deer-slaying young frontiersman) and the Mohican chief, Chingachgook. Cooper portrays the hubris of the conquest of a vast territory. The action takes place during the American wars of the 1740s. Natty and his friend Harry attempt to save a trapper and two young women, whose floating fort on Lake Glimmerglass is besieged by the ruthless Iroquois. The tension steadily increases to the point at which a cruel outcome seems inevitable. The exciting action, the romantic potentialities and the knowledgeable evocation of frontier life (with its moral and racial conflicts) have made this novel a perennial favourite. The courageous Natty, with his problematic values, has set the precedent for countless American heroes. Culturally, The Deerslayer has proved to be a powerfully influential work.