The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period of time it covers makes it the fourth chronologically.
The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features a middle-aged Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton, whose life parallels that of the author’s father Judge William Cooper, and Elizabeth Temple (the author’s sister Susan Cooper), of Cooperstown. The story begins with an argument between the Judge and the Leatherstocking over who killed a buck, and as Cooper reviews many of the changes to New York’s Lake Otsego, questions of environmental stewardship, conservation, and use prevail. The plot develops as the Leatherstocking and Chingachgook begin to compete with the Temples for the loyalties of a mysterious young visitor, ‘Oliver Edwards, ‘ the ‘young hunter, ‘ who eventually marries Elizabeth. Chingachgook dies, exemplifying the vexed figure of the ‘dying Indian, ‘ and Natty vanishes into the sunset. For all its strange twists and turns, ‘The Pioneers’ may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States.
The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features a middle-aged Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton, whose life parallels that of the author’s father Judge William Cooper, and Elizabeth Temple (the author’s sister Susan Cooper), of Cooperstown. The story begins with an argument between the Judge and the Leatherstocking over who killed a buck, and as Cooper reviews many of the changes to New York’s Lake Otsego, questions of environmental stewardship, conservation, and use prevail. The plot develops as the Leatherstocking and Chingachgook begin to compete with the Temples for the loyalties of a mysterious young visitor, ‘Oliver Edwards, ‘ the ‘young hunter, ‘ who eventually marries Elizabeth. Chingachgook dies, exemplifying the vexed figure of the ‘dying Indian, ‘ and Natty vanishes into the sunset. For all its strange twists and turns, ‘The Pioneers’ may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States.
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About the author
James Fenimore Cooper was one of the most popular American writers of the 19th century. Part of his work is based on the stories of the North Indians. ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, his most famous novel, has seen many reprints and has been adapted several times for the cinema.He also wrote many novels about the sea, such as ‘The Sea Skimmer’ (The Water Witch, 1830). But his work is of uneven quality and his novel ‘The American Democrat’ (1835) earned him a lawsuit.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 638 ● ISBN 9782322438372 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher Books on Demand ● Published 2022 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8541880 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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