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| Original Title: | The Deerslayer or The First War Path |
| ISBN: | 0451529391 (ISBN13: 9780451529398) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Leatherstocking Tales #1, The Leatherstocking Tales #5 |
| Characters: | Nathaniel Bumppo, Chingachgook, Harry Hurry, Tom Hutter, Judith Hutter, Hetty Hutter, Riven Oak, Wah-ta-Wah |
| Setting: | Otsego Lake in territory lately known as state of New York, North America,1740 |
| Literary Awards: | Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Sonderpreis Neubearbeitung klassischer Kinder- und Jugendbücher (1961) |
James Fenimore Cooper
Paperback | Pages: 576 pages Rating: 3.69 | 12668 Users | 437 Reviews
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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. In a tale of violent action and superbly sustained suspense, the harsh realities of tribal warfare force him to kill his first foe, then face torture at the stake. Still yet another kind of initiation awaits him when he discovers not only the ruthlessness of "civilized" men, but also the special danger of a woman's will. His reckless spirit transformed into mature courage and moral certainty, the Deerslayer emerges to face life with nobility as pure and proud as the wilderness whose fierce beauty and freedom have claimed his heart.
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| Title | : | The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales #1) |
| Author | : | James Fenimore Cooper |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Signet Classic Printing (Tilton Introduction) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 576 pages |
| Published | : | July 6th 2004 by Signet Classic (first published 1841) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure. Literature |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 12668 Users | 437 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales #1)
This it the story of Deerslayer and his best buddy Chingachgook (which I still have not figured out how to say) as they go on their first "warpath" together. I looked for a movie version of this story after I finished it because I was interested to see how it would play out in modern times, but there is no movie made since 1920 (silent movie). I shouldn't be surprised. Let me say from the onset that I consider James Fenimore Cooper one of the finest writers I have read. That being said, the timeI enjoyed this book for two main reasons: the first being JFC's exuberant, almost worshipful respect for nature that permeates the story, and the second being his mostly objective treatment of the Native American characters. The Deerslayer is not just a story about a group of humans fighting over a lake, it is the story of the lake itself and the surrounding landscape. JFC crafts beautiful images of the region throughout the book, and in several places juxtaposes those images with later visions
If you've seen my booklists and read my reviews, you'll know I'm usually a great lover of classic novels. When I was about 11 or 12, my Dad got me a big stack of paperback classics and I spent an entire summer with Ivanhoe and Sidney Carton and Jane Eyre. I mean, I munched them up! Then I got to James Fenimore Cooper. Oh bad. Oh really, really bad. The stories themselves were pretty good, as witness the fact that they have been made into many successful movies. However, to read the stories, you
What can I say that Mark Twain didn't? http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns..."Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in "Deerslayer," and in the restricted place of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record."And"I may be mistaken, but it does seem to me that "Deerslayer" is not a work of art in any sense; it does seem to me that it is destitute of every detail that goes to the making of a work of art; in truth, it
This novel is primarily a romance or what might be called an action romance I suppose. It has come in for some notable criticism (from names as well known as Mark Twain no less) BUT as it's been around since 1841 there is obviously something here.I think the only things to really be aware of here...going into it as a novel have "mostly" to do with the time in which it was written. The language is (of course) very dated. Often it is more like reading poetry than prose. Then there are the racial
Slightly slower in pace than its sequel, Deerslayer reveals a coming of age tale of our Leatherstocking hero, Natty Bumpo. In this work, we learn how Hawkeye earned his noble nom de guerre. Together with his Delaware friend, our protagonist meets and ultimately redeems a frontier family. Although the dialog and musing of the frontierwomen, the Hutter sisters, is often tiresome, this is nicely balanced by Cooper's adroit action sequences. This is a novel for all genders. Slightly dissatisfying is
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