The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper

The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper

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Based upon his own naval experiences, "The Pathfinder" was the fourth of Cooper's "Leather-Stocking Tales" set on the Great Lakes of the 1750s. This publication includes both a critical introduction and an historical essay which places the novel in the context of the French and Indian War.

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The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper

"The Pathfinder" (1840), the fourth of Cooper's five "Leather-Stocking Tales", is a naval story set on the Great Lakes of the 1750s. Based upon his own experience as midshipman on Lake Ontario in 1808-9, the novel revives Natty Bumppo - who had died in "The Prairie" - and casts him, with his friend, the Mohican chief Chingachgook, among Tuscarora and Iroquois Indians, and into conflicts over land and love. Natty's courtship of Mabel Denham aligns Cooper's interest in American history with his concern for social development. An account of Europeans, Indians and colonials on the American frontier, the novel is also a critique of Jacksonian democracy and a meditation on the course of American civilization. Together with "The Deerslayer" (1841), this novel summarizes Cooper's evolving view of his culture. The text of this edition is that established by Richard Dilworth Rust, and this annotated volume includes both a critical introduction and an historical essay by Marybeth McMahon which places the novel in the context of the French and Indian War.
SKU GOR003198224
ISBN 13 9780192829566
ISBN 10 0192829564
Title The Pathfinder
Author James Fenimore Cooper
Condition Very Good
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1992-11-01
Number of pages 521
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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