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Exciting!
James Fennimore Cooper's five books known as "The Leatherstocking Tales" ( the Deerslayer is the first in the series) are some of the most exciting books I've ever read.I highly recommend

The Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer
The last book James Fenimore Cooper wrote about Nathaniel 'Natty' Bumppo (Hawkeye) and the Mohican chief Chingachgook is the first from a chronological standpoint.'The Deerslayer' is a fontier adventure set in New York state in the decades before the Revolutionary War.

Overall it is a good read, though Cooper's dialogue can get very repetitive.I often found this frustrating but, on the other hand, I could certainly believe these young, rustic characters would converse the way Cooper presents.

Cooper is a good enough writer to comfortably show his characters limitations.For example, in one scene Hawkeye worries that an ornate chesspiece is an idol and runs on about the evils of idolatry while a more sophisticated character is amused at his simplicity.Elsewhere, one of the female characters lectures Chingachgook about his wife in a way that is pretty condescending.Such well-intended misfires were probably common on the frontier, and I found them to be good characterization even though these scenes weren't really relevant to the plot.

Charm or no charm, it's impossible to read Cooper without noting that his plots are often glacial in their pacing.Frankly, this will be a deal-killer for many modern readers.However, I prefer to accept the slower pacing in this book. This was frontier America in the 1700s, not downtown New York City in 2008.Things and people would have moved at a slower pace. For me, the pacing is an element of the setting and characters.It's certainly true that when the action does kick in Cooper's writing becomes surprisingly tight.Inconsistent pacing or integrity of vision?You be the judge.

Cooper's main flaw that cannot be debated about or excused is his habit of painting 'tableaux' scenes that make you want to toss your lunch.He has a dreadful tendency to insert sour notes of Victorian sentamentality, which are as dissonant in his rustic tale as as a loud fart during a violin solo.

Bottom line, I enjoyed 'The Deerslayer' although, admittedly, I adapted myself to Cooper's pacing and intentions.I also believe that, if you read the novels in their actual written order, 'The Deerslayer' will be a very touching coda because it provides some interesting back story: the origin of Killdeer, Uncas' mother, and there's even a tantalizing hint about how Natty came to be among the Delawares.Cooper does a fantastic job of 'ending with the beginning.'

At the end of the day, the Leatherstocking Tales stand alone in their depiction of frontier life.Though Cooper wrote decades after the foundation of America, he gives me the feel of the colonial frontier and our American heritage like no other author I can think of. For this reason, his works are an American treasure.

A wonderful saga
Kent Rasmussen's editorial review is best left to the literists who cannot publish or write themselves.This was a wonderful tale full of adventure and is highly recommended to be read with the complete 5-book set of the Leatherstocking Tales.Enjoy.

Coming of Age in the Garden of Eden
James Fenimore Cooper wrote his Leatherstocking tales out of chronological order.The Deerslayer or The First Warpath was the last of the Natty Bumppo novels and because Cooper had matured both in age and artistic ability it is perhaps the best.

From the beginning we know this is a darker novel than the preceding tales.In the first few pages Deerslayer's companion,Hurry Harry, asks the young man,"...Did you ever hit any thing human, or intelligible: did you ever pull trigger on an inimy that was capable of pulling one upon you?"

Bumppo's answer is, of course, no.He is at the beginning of his career.He is known as Deerslayer by the Delawares because that's what he does.He has yet to take a human life.As soon as we read this we know this novel, above all else, is a coming-of-age story and someone's life is ticking away....

In the interim Deerslayer meets Tom Hutter and his two daughters, the dark-haired Judith and the feeble-minded Hetty.The family lives on a castle-on-piers in the middle of Lake Glimmerglass, a secluded spot akin to the Garden of Eden -- the perfect setting for a coming-of-age story. Except things are not what they seem. This area is actually more of a haunt of savagery, with not a little of it supplied by both Hurry Harry and Tom Hutter against the local Native American tribe, the Hurons.

Judith Hutter, however, is the engine that drives this story.She's a woman with questionable morals, and though she's somewhat older than Deerslayer she falls in love with his open honesty and his natural way of looking at the world.In a telling exchange she asks him if he has a sweetheart.He answers:

"She's in the forest, Judith--hanging from the boughs of the trees, in a soft rain--in the dew on the open grass--the clouds that float about in the blue heavens--the birds that sing in the woods--the sweet springs where I slake my thirst...."

Judith perseveres.Has he never heard the laugh of a girl he loves?Deerslayer remains true to form:

"...To me there's no music so sweet as the sighing of the wind in the treetops, and the rippling of a stream from a full, sparkling, natyve fountain of fresh water, unless...it be the open mouth of a sartain hound, when I'm on the track of a fat buck."

In the pages that follow Deerslayer kills a man, a Native American attempting to take his life by deceit.He earns the reputation as "Hawkeye" for his deft shooting and helps Chingachgook secure the safety of his future wife, Hist.(She will be mother to the Last of the Mohicans, Uncas.)Further violence and treachery abound as Deerslayer is captured by the Hurons and tortured.Tom Hutter dies in an extremely gruesome manner and there's the mystery of Judith's past --even down to her parentage-- to be solved.But her love for Deerslayer is true and in the end she gives him her father's gun, a weapon of exquisite manufacture and excellent bore, which he will make famous--the long rifle, Killdeer.

In the end Deerslayer leaves Judith after yet more tragedy ensues.The novel ends fifteen years later with Hawkeye returning with Chingachgook and a stripling Uncas to Lake Glimmerglass.Everything has changed.The castle is abandoned and in disrepair, and the graves can no longer be found.Hawkeye tries to find out what happened to Judith, and we are awarded a glimpse of her fate, but no more.

As I said earlier this is a fairly dark book in the Leatherstocking Tales, but well-written.It's a good story and the characters really do come to life.There are the usual elements of humor and long-winded conversations but they don't detract too much from the overall enjoyment of this tale.Cooper also doesn't hold back in showing that violence, both necessary and ignoble, can come from anyone for any reason...at anytime.

This is one great book and I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.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 work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.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 work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Yale University Press; Publication date: 1922; Subjects: Novelists, American; Literary Collections / Letters; Literary Criticism / American / General; ... Read more

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Publisher: Yale University PressPublication date: 1922Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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A single glance at the map will make the reader acquainted with the position of the eastern coast of the Island of Great Britain, as connected with the shores of the opposite continent. ... Read more

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Certain moral philosopherswith a due disdain of the flimsy foundations of human pridehave shown that every man is equally descended from a million of ancestorswithin a given number of generations; thereby demonstrating that no prince exists who does not participate in the blood of some beggaror any beggar who does not share in the blood of princes.(Excerpt) ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1884Original Publisher: Houghton, MifflinSubjects: Drama / AmericanFiction / ClassicsLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralNotes: This is an OCR reprint of the original rare book. There may be typos or missing text and there are no illustrations.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Exciting!!!
James Fennimore Cooper's five books known as "The Leatherstocking Tales" ( the Pathfinder is the third in the series) are some of the most exciting books I've ever read.I highly recommend!

The Leatherstocking Tales: The Pathfinder
The third book (chronologically) in the Leatherstocking series was, like 'The Deerslayer,' written late in Cooper's career. Timewise, 'The Pathfinder' appears to take place only a few years after 'The Last of the Mohicans,' although Cooper's overt chronology doesn't quite add up.

Although 'The Pathfinder' has a promising premise, Cooper's plotting is seriously off-track. After rescuing this novel's 'heroine' (Mabel) from the Mingos, Chingachgook vanishes and Natty is stuck playing a rather awkward suitor to Mabel. In fact, one can hardly call 'The Pathfinder' a frontier adventure at all. It verges on a romance novel, which instantly makes it much less interesting than the other Leatherstocking Tales.

The book is also hurt by slow pacing. Cooper always takes his sweet 'ole time spinning a yarn, but 'The Pathfinder' is a painfully slow read. Not much happens, and what does happen is pretty irrelevant to the plot.For example, the long sequence where the 'Scud' sails around Lake Ontario contributes nothing to the story. Even worse, I always knew exactly where the story was going dozens of pages before Cooper got there. One hundredpages could easily have been chopped from this book without losing a thing.

Even when the action finally picks up late in the book, Natty and Chingachgook do next to nothing.Instead, the heroism is handled by the underdrawn character of Jasper Western. It doesn't help that Cooper sets up the final battle by having Mabel's father leave her alone in a fort with an unscupulous suitor and practically no soldiers for protections. It's so unbelieveable that the rest of the novel seems forced.

Least palatable is Cooper's unfortunate weakness for melodrama. Sometimes his plots are strong enough to render this only an annoying flaw, but the plot of 'The Patherfinder' is too thin to manage this.Cooper really lays on some dreadful schlock.

As a result, 'The Pathfinder' is without question the weakest of the Leatherstocking Tales, and is definitely NOT the place to start. In fact, I'm hard pressed to come up with anything the novel contributes to the series. As a result, it should be read last (if at all) unless you are determined to read all five books.

Cooper?
This book was as boring as clipping my dog's toenails. It has no invention, no creativity, and it's crass stupidities are passed on as "the delicate art of the forest." Delicate art of the forest my Aunt Fanny! The book's style is set forth in an implausible way. For example, when the males are all shooting at a stupid tree-more specifically, a nail head in the tree-Cooper sets the nail about a 100 yards away! And yet everyone seems to see this nail and shoot at it. That's about the size of a house fly. Now this pathfinder-natty bumpo-deerslayer person is able to shoot at a hundred yards and hit the thing dead on! This man is able to see a housefly at a hundred hards and confidently say that he did so. Can YOU do it?

The style of the writer is tremedously tedious. It seems to add things not needed and omit things that are necessary.

I would recommend this book to those who do not value time.

Upon the inland sea...........
In the fourth installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper introduces a nautical theme upon the surface and along the shores of Lake Ontario.The Pathfinder is ultimately a love story tinged with the conspiracy of treason, though it takes no extra-sensory perception to uncover the traitor long before he is exposed in the book. Cap, a grizzled saltwater veteran, accompanies his niece to visit her father stationed at the British outpost of Fort Oswego, NY.Once there, the two become embroiled in the confrontation between England, France, and their Native American allies for control of the lake.Cap is dismissive of landlubbers and "freshwater ponds", such as he describes Ontario, setting the stage for his mind to be turned by the derring-do of inland waterman, Jasper Western.Indeed, Cap is so outspoken in his contempt for the ways of his new found associates, that he becomes somewhat of an annoyance to the reader.Cooper chose to give the character little in the way of redeeming qualities nearly spoiling the pleasure one takes in Cap's ultimate and grudging respect forthe wilderness and the men who master it. Such a thoroughly boorish character simply creates no emotional connection.But, Cap isn't guilty of treason. You'll spot the traitor shortly after he appears.

The Pathfinder is formulaic, utterly predictable, and, at times, almost childlike in substance, but throughout, as in all other Leatherstocking Tales, radiates the simple goodness, manly deportment, and rustic charm of Nathaniel Bumppo.Indeed, Bumppo as a character is so masterfully wrought that Cooper could place him in a melon patch for the duration of a book and stillmanage to eke out a classic.Having previously read The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Prairie, I find The Pathfinderthe weaker of the four, but fourth in favor in this wonderful series of stories isn't any black mark. Indeed, it qualifies The Pathfinder as yet another loveable yarn from the pen of James Fenimore Cooper. 4+ stars.

A good adventure
In this, the third Leatherstocking tale chronologically (after Deerslayer and Last of the Mohicans), James Fenimore Cooper takes us, once again, to his vision of pure, unadultered, nature.Once again he weaves a tale around his ideas of morality, race, and religion.This time around Leatherstocking (known here as Pathfinder) is the pursuer of love, whereas before (in Deerslayer) he was the pursued.

These three books are the only ones that I have read to this point, and it is true that both this and the Deerslayer are more of romances than the Last of the Mohicans, which is an adventure.
Alot of people give the other books in the series flack because they are expecting the same as what they read in Last of the Mohicans.However, if you begin reading the book without those preconcived notions leading to disappointment, I think you will find that the other books are equally entertaining

All three are great books and I highly recommend them all. ... Read more