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Set in the 1740s, just after the start of the French and Indian wars,
James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer tells the story of a young Natty
Bumppo, most famously known as 'Hawkeye', and his Mohican 'brother'
Chingachgook, as they attempt to rescue Chingachgook's betrothed,
Wah-ta-Wah, from the Hurons. When Bumppo's friends Harry March and Tom
Hutter are also captured, Bumppo must go on his first warpath in order
to rescue them.
Cooper's final addition to his classic Leatherstocking series is one of
the earliest novels to be considered truly 'American', due in no small
part to the novel's protagonist, who embodied the popular American
ideals of individualism and liberty. The novel is a worthy prequel to
the popular The Last of the Mohicans, full of adventure, suspense and
romance. 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.
