Writings of James Fenimore Cooper: The Deerslayer or the First Warpath (Hardcover)

from Juva

Natty Bumppo is a young hunter on the frontier of New York. Raised by Natives, he has come to maintain his Christian faith while also respecting the lifestyle of the Indians. This philosophy has set him apart from his fellows who view the redmen as little more than savage animals. Natty is clos...

from MrsLee

One has to be in the proper mood to enjoy these books. A bit of romance, a bit of adventure, quite a bit of moralizing. I enjoyed them when I read them, but have no desire to read them again. I've since read enough history to realize just how fictional these are. If you read them for the adventur...

from EricCostello

I'm going to disagree with Mark Twain regarding this book. While it does have a tendency to drag at certain spots, the story does paint a vivid picture of the landscape of pre-Revolutionary War upstate New York, and you get a real feel for characters. The dragging parts are where the Deerslayer g...

from jmcdbooks

Rated: B+ He uses the reason that God has given him, and he uses it with a fellin' of his being ordered to look at, and consider things as they are, and not as he wants them to be. It's easy enough to find them who call themselves just; but it's wonderfully oncommon to find them that are the very...

from ASBiskey

I wish that this would have been on the required reading list in high-school in the place of many of those that were. It is an interesting read, and a good example of mid 19th century American literature. That being said, there are many characteristics from that period that may detract for a mode...