The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1872 • 614 pages

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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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5 primary books

#5 in The Leatherstocking Tales

The Leatherstocking Tales is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 18 with contributions by James Fenimore Cooper.


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