num_pages: 548
description: 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 Tales, which reveal the courageous and perseverant nature of the pioneer. Recognized for his descriptive power, Cooper created in Natty Bumppo a mythical character - one of the most significant in the history of American literature. The text of this book was approved by the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association and published in hardcover by the State University of New York Press.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 Deerslayer
titlecomplete: The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
characters: Chingachgook, Riven Oak, Harry Hurry, Hetty Hutter, Wah-ta-Wah, Nathaniel Bumppo, Tom Hutter, Judith Hutter
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Adventure, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 13846
places: New York (State)
series: The Leatherstocking Tales
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category: Sonderpreis Neubearbeitung klassischer Kinder- und Jugendbücher
publisher: Penguin Classics