num_pages: 496
description: The first of the five Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers is perhaps the most realistic and beautiful of the series. Drawing on his own experiences, Cooper brilliantly describes Frontier life, providing a fascinating backdrop to the real heart of the novel--the competing claims to landownership of Native Americans and settlers. This edition follows the publication of The Last of the Mohicans in the World's Classics series and uses the standard text approved by the Modern Language Association.
language: English
title: The Pioneers
titlecomplete: The Pioneers (Leatherstocking Tales, #4)
characters: Judge Marmaduke Temple, Dick Jones, Oliver Edwards, Chingachgook, Elizabeth "Bes" Temple, Nathaniel Bumppo
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century, Westerns
ratings_count: 3215
places: Templetown, Otsego Lake, New York
series: The Leatherstocking Tales
publisher: Oxford University Press