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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140390618

ISBN-139780140390612

eBay Product ID (ePID)127403780

Product Key Features

Book TitleDeerslayer

Number of Pages576 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Literary

Publication Year1996

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorJames Fenimore Cooper

Book SeriesLeatherstocking Tale Ser.

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-104322

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.2

Grade ToUP

SynopsisAt 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. Book jacket., 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.

LC Classification NumberPS1406.A1 1987b