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James Fenimore Cooper - The Prairie: A Tale (Cooper, James Fenimore, Works.)

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As part of the series of Leatherstocking tales, this story chronicles the career of Natty Bumppo - hunter, scout, pathfinder and trapper, and aims to reflect the aspirations and disappointments of Americas expansionist movement. Cooper (1879-1851) is also author of The Last of the Mohicans.

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title:The Prairie : A Tale Works
author:Cooper, James Fenimore.; Elliott, James Paul
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0873956729
print isbn13:9780873956727
ebook isbn13:9780585063669
language:English
subjectBumppo, Natty (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Indians of North America--Fiction, United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction, Western stories, Historical fiction, Adventure stories.
publication date:1985
lcc:PS1416.A1 1985eb
ddc:813/.2
subject:Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Indians of North America--Fiction, United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction, Western stories, Historical fiction, Adventure stories.
The Prairie
A Tale
James Fenimore Cooper
Edited, with Historical Introduction
by James P. Elliott
"Mark his condition, and the event; then tell me, If this might be a brother."
The Tempest, I.ii. 116-17
State University of New York Press Albany
The Writings of
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
JAMES FRANKLIN BEARD, Editor-in Chief
JAMES P. ELLIOT, Chief Textual Editor
LANCE SCHACHTERLE, Textual Editor
R. D. MADISON, Textual Editor
Sponsors
Series Sponsors
Clark University
American Antiquarian Society
Volume Sponsor
Clark University
Editorial Board
JAMES FRANKLIN BEARD, Chairman
JAMES P. ELLIOTT
KAY SEYMOUR HOUSE
THOMAS L. PHILBRICK
DONALD A. RINGE
WARREN S. WALKER
Advisory Board
ROBERT E. SPILLER, Chairman
HARRY C. ALLEN, JR.
CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT
HENRY S.F. COOPER, JR.
WILLIAM EASTMAN
MARCUS MC CORISON
Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1985 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
The Prairie;
A Tale
The preparation of this volume was made Possible (in part) by grants from the Program for Editions and the Publications Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent Federal Agency.
CENTER FOR
SCHOLARLY EDITIONS
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MODERN LANGUAGE
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

The Center emblem means that one of a panel of textual experts serving the Center has reviewed the text and textual apparatus of the printer's copy by thorough and scrupulous sampling, and has approved them for sound and consistent editorial principles employed and maximum accuracy attained. The accuracy of the text has been guarded by careful and repeated proofreading according to standards set by the Center.
Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1985 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied m critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New, York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
The prairie.
(The writings of James Fenimore Cooper)
I. Elliott, James Paul 1945- II. Title. III. Series: Cooper James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Works. 1980.
PS1416.A1 1984 8132 84-24096
ISBN 0-87395-363-0
ISBN 0-87395-672-9 (pbk.)
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Illustrations
xi
Historical Introduction
xv
Preface [1827]
1
Introduction [1832]
3
Interpolations in 1832 Introduction [1849]
6
The Prairie
9
Textual Commentary
389
Note on the Manuscripts
413
Textual Notes
424
Emendations
434
Rejected Readings
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