num_pages: 460
description: In this classic novel, James Fenimore Cooper portrays life in a new settlement on New York's Lake Otsego in the closing years of the eighteenth century. He describes the year's the turkey shoot at Christmas, the tapping of maple trees, fishing for bass in the evening, the marshalling of the militia. But Cooper is also concerned with exploring the development of the cultural and philosophical underpinnings of the American experience. He writes of the conflicts within the settlement itself, focusing primarily on the contrast between the natural codes of the hunter and woodsman Natty Bumppo and his Indian friend John Mohegan and the more rigid structure of law needed by a more complex society. Quite possibly America's first best-seller (more than three thousand copies were sold within hours of publication), The Pioneers today evokes a vibrant and authentic picture of the American pioneering experience.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: The Pioneers
titlecomplete: The Pioneers (The Leatherstocking Tales, #4)
characters: Oliver Edwards, Chingachgook, Dick Jones, Judge Marmaduke Temple, Nathaniel Bumppo, Elizabeth "Bes" Temple
genres: Historical, Literature, American, Classics, Adventure, Novels, 19th Century, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3215
places: Templetown, Otsego Lake, New York
series: The Leatherstocking Tales
publisher: Penguin Classics