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James Fenimore Cooper wrote five "leather-stocking" tales. This is the second and most famous. It comes between The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder. Here the white frontiersman, Hawkeye (aka Natto Bumppo and Leather Stocking) is nobly matched with Uncas, the Indian of the title.

James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist. Son of the prominent federalist William Cooper, founder of the Cooperstown settlement, James was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentleman. After his father's death in an 1809 duel, Cooper quickly squandered his inheritance, and at thirty was on the verge of bankruptcy. He turned to writing but his first book, Precaution (1820), was a failure.

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends, Chingachgook and Uncas, are the last remaining Mohican chieftains. When the evil Magua threatens the life of an innocent English woman, Hawkeye finds himself at the center of a battle for honor and vengeance.

Here are eight stories from master American writers of the 19th century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce - why is that window boarded up? - and a reflective moment in the life of a woman without children, but forced to look after children, to classic short stories by O. Henry and Stephen Crane. There is even an elegiac description of an eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans.

The Last of the Mohicans is set during the French and Indian War, a time during which control of North America was being fought for. As troops from both armies fought through various territories of the continent, they each allied with different Native American groups to grow their armies and gain resources.

Fast-paced and suspenseful, The Last of the Mohicans follows an intrepid group of frontiersmen and Native Americans as they navigate the rugged terrain of both the landscape and their racial differences. Together they strive to deliver Colonel Munro’s two daughters to safety at Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War. Widely considered the first “Great American Novel”, James Fenimore Cooper’s classic encapsulates the violence and beauty, tragedy and heroism at the heart of the American frontier, set against the stunning backdrop of the northern New York wilderness.

This is a story from the More Classic American Short Stories collection.

The Deerslayer is the first of the Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper. Here we meet Natty Bumppo as a young man living in upstate New York in the early 1740s. The action begins as Bumppo, called "Deerslayer", and his friend Hurry Harry approach Lake Glimmerglass, or Oswego, where the trapper Thomas Hutter lives with his daughters, the beautiful Judith and the feeble-minded Hetty.

The Prairie marks the final chapter in James Fenimore Cooper's great saga of American frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Though nearly 90 in 1804, Bumppo is still competent as a frontiersman and trapper, now on the Great Plains. Once more he is drawn into conflict with society in the form of an emigrant party led by the surly Ishmael Bush and his miscreant brother-in-law, Abiram White. And once again this great man of nature is called upon to exhibit his courage and resourcefulness to rescue the innocent.

Natty Bumppo , one of the greatest heroes in American literature, is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although it was the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppo’s life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness and against enemies for the first time.

Convinced that the American political system was endangered by complacency, demagoguery, party propaganda, and the tyranny of public opinion, James Fenimore Cooper felt compelled to write this minor classic of American political theory. Fascinated with deception, he wrote in order to express "the voice of simple, honest and...fearless truth" on the peculiarities of the American system of government.

The Last of the Mohicans has all the elements of a classic frontier adventure: massacres and raids, innocent settlers, hardened soldiers, renegade Indians, and a doomed love affair. It is a memorable portrait of fierce individualism and moral courage. But what draws readers and listeners again and again to this panoramic novel is its deep insight into the symbols of American consciousness.

Embark on an extraordinary journey from the heart of France to the bustling cities of America, as narrated by a humble pocket handkerchief. She recounts her creation by the delicate hands of a French peasant girl and marvels at the grandeur of the universe, designed by the Creator. As she weaves through her life, she reflects on the profound workings of Providence in her own existence and the lives around her.

Within this decade are writers of incredible ability who are able to fashion gem-like stories that astonish our ears and brains across many genres; a literary culture that seems to endlessly build and create new paths for the restless human imagination to tread.

Die Lederstrumpf-Bände, die um 1830 nach Deutschland kamen, gerieten zu einer Sensation und sie gehören seit dieser Zeit zu den klassischen Jugendbüchern. Der Held, ein Pfadfinder, ist ein Mann von edler menschlicher Gesinnung, der mit den indianischen Ureinwohnern Freundschaft schließt. Gleichzeitig ist er Pionier und Entdecker des amerikanischen Westens, einer der Wegbereiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit.

Die Lederstrumpf-Bände, die um 1830 nach Deutschland kamen, gerieten zu einer Sensation und sie gehören seit dieser Zeit zu den klassischen Jugendbüchern. Der Held, ein Pfadfinder, ist ein Mann von edler menschlicher Gesinnung, der mit den indianischen Ureinwohnern Freundschaft schließt. Gleichzeitig ist er Pionier und Entdecker des amerikanischen Westens, einer der Wegbereiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit.

Die Lederstrumpf-Bände, die um 1830 nach Deutschland kamen, gerieten zu einer Sensation und sie gehören seit dieser Zeit zu den klassischen Jugendbüchern. Der Held, ein Pfadfinder, ist ein Mann von edler menschlicher Gesinnung, der mit den indianischen Ureinwohnern Freundschaft schließt. Gleichzeitig ist er Pionier und Entdecker des amerikanischen Westens, einer der Wegbereiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit.

Die Lederstrumpf-Bände, die um 1830 nach Deutschland kamen, gerieten zu einer Sensation und sie gehören seit dieser Zeit zu den klassischen Jugendbüchern. Der Held, ein Pfadfinder, ist ein Mann von edler menschlicher Gesinnung, der mit den indianischen Ureinwohnern Freundschaft schließt. Gleichzeitig ist er Pionier und Entdecker des amerikanischen Westens, einer der Wegbereiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit.

Die Lederstrumpf-Bände, die um 1830 nach Deutschland kamen, gerieten zu einer Sensation und sie gehören seit dieser Zeit zu den klassischen Jugendbüchern. Der Held, ein Pfadfinder, ist ein Mann von edler menschlicher Gesinnung, der mit den indianischen Ureinwohnern Freundschaft schließt. Gleichzeitig ist er Pionier und Entdecker des amerikanischen Westens, einer der Wegbereiter der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeit.

The American literary tradition has, in a far shorter span of time than others throughout history, achieved a glowing and glittering reputation. From its transatlantic roots it has absorbed the sons and daughters of other cultures, other lands and made them part of her own. Within this melting pot of styles, genres and wordplay one fact stands out: In the American short story, literary tradition has a strong, vibrant and almost inclusive history, if you know where to look.