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The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path (1841) was James Fenimore Cooper's last novel in his Leatherstocking Tales. Its 1740–1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo.
- James Fenimore Cooper
- 1841
Known as “Deerslayer” among the Delaware people with whom he lives, young Bumppo and the giant Hurry Harry help the trapper Thomas Hutter to resist an attack by the Iroquois, who are allied with the French.
- James Fenimore Cooper
- 1841
A restless white youth raised by Indians, Natty Bumppo is called Deerslayer for the daring that sets him apart from his peers. But he has yet to meet the test of human conflict.
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- Paperback
A classic novel by James Fenimore Cooper about Natty Bumppo, a frontiersman who fights the Mingos and falls in love with Judith Hutter. Read the plot, characters, themes, and historical context of this adventure story set in 1740.
Based on James Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Deerslayer is a 1957 film about a wilderness wanderer who helps a trapper and his daughters in colonial America. The IMDb page provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, photos, and more details about the movie.
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- Adventure, War, Western
- Kurt Neumann
- 1957-09-10
Jan 26, 2009 · A classic American novel set in the wilderness of New York in the 1740s. Follow the adventures of a young hunter, a French priest, and a Mohawk chief in a tale of love, war, and nature.
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The Deerslayer: The First War Path (1841), a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, is the first installment in his famous Leatherstocking Tales chronologically, though the last to be written.
