The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path; a Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

Overview

About the book Curiously although "The Deerslayer" was the last of J. F. Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales to be written, the novel is considered to be the prequel to the rest of the series. It is set is the years 1740 to 1745 and that makes it the first installment chronologically in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo. The novel's setting on Otsego Lake in central, upstate New York, is the same as that of The Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking Tales to be published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543109283
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/14/2017
Series:	Leatherstocking Tales
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

The creator of two genres that became staples of American literature — the sea romance and the frontier adventure — James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was born in New Jersey, raised in the wilderness of New York, and spent five years at sea before embarking on his successful writing career. Among Cooper’s many novels, his best-known books are the five "Leatherstocking" tales — including The Deerslayer and The Last of the Mohicans — each featuring the fictional hero Natty Bumppo.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1789

Date of Death:

September 14, 1851

Place of Birth:

Burlington, New Jersey

Place of Death:

Cooperstown, New York

Education:

Yale University (expelled in 1805)