James Fenimore Cooper
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Lexile Measure
1230L
Summary
While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, the remaining braves of the Mohican tribe, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his wife.
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Series
Lexile Measure
1340L
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Follows the adventures of the brave and bold frontiersman Natty Bumppo. James Fenimore Cooper's spirited romance has been praised for its authenticity as a portrait of life during America's western movement. At Lake Otsego, during the French and Indian Wars, great frontiersman Natty Bumppo forsakes his love to come to the aid of Thomas Hutter, a trapper under the attack of Iroquois Indians. Published in 1841, The Deerslayer is the first of the Leatherstocking...
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Cooper was one of the first writers to treat America's westward expansion as a great and ongoing epic; it was a theme of conflict-between civilization and the untouched wild, white culture and its insistent encroachments on the cultures of native America. Cooper fills his novels with legend and folklore, tall-tales, romance, and an earthy individualism. This American frontier classic chronicles the adventures of Hawkeye and his Indian friend, Chingachgook,...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Summary
At the siege of Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a colonial frontier scout, becomes a reluctant hero when he is assigned to escort the fort commander's two daughters through hostile Indian territory. Many dangers lurk in the wilderness, particularly a bloodthirsty Huron warrior named Magua who is on their tail and ready to attack.