The Pioneers

by James Fenimore Cooper

On the New York frontier, ageing woodsman Natty Bumppo clashes with the settlers and laws reshaping the wilderness he loves.

At a glance James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tale weighs progress against what it destroys. The forests are being cleared, the deer counted, the old freedoms fenced, and an old… The Pioneers is James Fenimore Cooper watching a wilderness turn into a settlement and… What it's about Set in a young frontier community on the edge of the New York woods, the…

Set in a young frontier community on the edge of the New York woods, the novel follows the aged marksman Natty Bumppo, called Leatherstocking, as the encroaching order of judges, deeds and game laws collides with his…