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The Prairie is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the author of The Last of the Mohicans .

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The final novel in Cooper's epic, The Prairie depicts Natty Bumppo at the end of his life, still displaying his indomitable strength and dignity. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more... Read Full Overview

The Prairie is a classic novel by James Fenimore Cooper , published in 1827. The third novel by Cooper featuring his frontiersman hero Natty Bumppo, it is chronologically the last of the Leatherstocking Tales series, though it was published prior to The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder... Read Full Overview

The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, who is simply known as "the trapper" in it. Chronologically The Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

Set in the immense landscape of the Great Plains, The Prairie (1827) addresses many questions raised by the penetration of the American west: the displacement of the Indians, the destruction of nature, and the creation of a just society both ordered and free. Natty Bumppo, a... Read Full Overview

The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as "the trapper" or "the old man." Chronologically The Prairie is... Read Full Overview

Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense and but half-tenanted territories of the United States. As the warmth of controversy however subsided, and party considerations gave place to more liberal... Read Full Overview

The final novel in Cooper's epic Leatherstocking Tales, filled with excitement and thrill, which follows the adventures of Natty Bumppo and Dr. Bat, the latter of whom spends his time in discovering new animals and plants in the prairie. The book subtly highlights various issues... Read Full Overview

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The Prairie marks the final chapter in James Fenimore Cooper's great saga of American frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Though nearly ninety in 1804, Bumppo, now on... Read Full Overview

I pray thee, shepherd, if that love or gold, Can in this desert place buy entertainment, Bring us where we may rest ourselves and feed.- As you like it.Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense... Read Full Overview

This collector-quality edition includes the complete text of James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale of the conflicts and complications brought by the movement of settlers out onto the Great Plains in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page size,... Read Full Overview

In the spring of 1826, soon after the publication of The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper immersed himself in The Prairie. In taking Natty Bumppo from his beloved forests of New York state to the Great American Plains, Cooper was in part fulfilling his own prophecy... Read Full Overview