| The Pioneers: A Library of America Paperback Classic Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cooper, James Fenimore (Author), Taylor, Alan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598531557 ISBN-13: 9781598531558 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011932393 |
| Series: Library of America |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (1.00 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces the character of Natty Bumppo, one of literature's most unforgettable heroes, an outsider on the advancing edge of a civilization he can neither abide nor escape. Bumppo makes his first appearance here as an aged hunter living on the fringe of settlement near Templeton (Cooperstown), New York, at the end of the eighteenth century.?An introduction by historian Alan Taylor (William Cooper's Town) explores the real historical backdrop against which Cooper's imagination flourished. |