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The Pioneers
The Pioneers
The Pioneers
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The Pioneers

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First published in 1823, “The Pioneers” was the debut novel in James Fenimore Cooper’s famous “Leatherstocking Tales”. While published first, it is the fourth chronologically of Cooper’s five “Leatherstocking Tales” and follows the later life of his central character, Natty Bumppo. Well-known to Cooper’s readers as the archetypal American frontiersman and friend to Indians, Natty struggles with hunting and maintaining his way of life amid a growing economy and the new societal laws that restrict the freedom of the wilderness he has always known. He finds allies of his rebellion in a local landowner’s daughter and a mysterious young visitor in this rich and fascinating depiction of early frontier life and the essential American character that clashes with the expanding nature of society. Natty is the wise and pragmatic voice of reason in the novel, a man who understands that the settlers must respect the land they now find themselves the stewards of if they want to continue to enjoy its beauty and resources. “The Pioneers” is both a rich social drama, as well as a political and ecological novel, that helped established Cooper as one of the first great American novelists. This edition includes a biographical afterword.
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Release dateNov 11, 2019
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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, but later moved to Cooperstown in New York, where he lived most of his life. His novel The Last of the Mohicans was one of the most widely read novels in the 19th century and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. His novels have been adapted for stage, radio, TV and film.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Long and laborious reading. The plots were vague. This is more of a narrative of how life was in early settlements of the frontier.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    This must surely be one of the worst novels ever written. Check this out from the beginning of chapter 29:“When Marmaduke Temple and his cousin rode through the gate of the former, the heart of the father had been too recently touched with the best feeling of our nature, to leave inclination for immediate discourse.”Now that doesn't happen by accident, does it? He's written that on purpose and published it because he thinks it's good. Frightening. I read it to my mum and she got really angry on my behalf and asked why I didn't stop reading. Unfortunately I've started the series so now I have to finish. I could quote any number of passages which are equally bad or worse. A particular low point is the conversation between Richard and Agamemnon in chapter 32. I'll not quote that because I don't want anything so racist showing up under my name.To put things in perspective, this is the best of the Leatherstocking series so far. The earlier novels suffered from their attempts to be adventure stories. Every time they build up to action you live in hope, only again and again to be subjected to frustration and disappointment by Cooper's determined incompetence. That doesn't happen here because not only does nothing happen, nothing ever looks like it's about to happen. What you're left with is deep, utter and complete boredom. It will seem like there's no end to it, but I promise you there is: I experienced the end earlier today and am currently basking in the glow that follows it.This Everyman editions a nice one, with a sensible introduction that as much as admits that the book is a piece of shit, and in place of notes (which you don't really need), you have a selection of Cooper related criticism.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Set in 1793 in a fictional Cooperstown, NY, it tells the story of Judge Marmeduke Temple. Started off slow and didn't really go anywhere - but an interesting portrayal of life in upstate NY in 1790 as this was the frontier at that time.

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