The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea

by James Fenimore Cooper

Overview

Gear up for a stiff dose of frontier life with The Pathfinder, the third novel in James Fenimore Cooper's beloved Leatherstocking Tales series. Focusing on the pioneer hero Natty Bumppo and his efforts to help the scattered members of a frontier community in the American Midwest, the novel is rich in historical detail, conflict, and adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775453758
Publisher:	The Floating Press
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	658 KB

About the Author

Geboren am 15.09.1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, gestorben am 14.09.1851 in Cooperstown.

Cooper war das 12. Kind des Landbesitzers William Cooper, dem Begrüder von Cooperstown am Otsego-See im Bundeststaat New York. Er besuchte ab 1803 das Yale College, war von 1806-1807 bei der Handelsmarine und von 1808-1810 bei der Kreigsmarine. Mit seiner Heirat 1811 endete seine nautische Karrierre, wenig später begann er seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1789

Date of Death:

September 14, 1851

Place of Birth:

Burlington, New Jersey

Place of Death:

Cooperstown, New York

Education:

Yale University (expelled in 1805)

Table of Contents

PATHFINDER, THE
or The Inland Sea
James Fenimore Cooper
Edited with an Historical Introduction by Richard Dilworth Rust

Contents

Acknowledgments

Illustrations

Historical Introduction

Preface [1840]

Preface [1851]

The Pathfinder

Textual Commentary

Note on the Manuscript

Textual Notes

Emendations

Rejected Readings

Word-Division