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James Fenimore Cooper - The deerslayer, or, The first war-path

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Set in the 1740s, early in the French and Indian wars, this book follows the adventures of Natty Bumppo, or Leatherstocking, as a young hunter of 20, of his friendship with the mohican Chingachook, and his blighted love affair with Judith Hutter.

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Page i The Deerslayer or The First War-Path Page ii title - photo 1
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The Deerslayer
or, The First War-Path
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title:The Deerslayer, Or, The First War-path Works
author:Cooper, James Fenimore.; Beard, James Franklin
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0873957903
print isbn13:9780873957908
ebook isbn13:9780585077109
language:English
subjectBumppo, Natty (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life--New York (State)--Fiction, Delaware Indians--Fiction, Iroquois Indians--Fiction, United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Fiction, War stories, Historical fiction.
publication date:1987
lcc:PS1406.A1 1987eb
ddc:813/.2
subject:Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life--New York (State)--Fiction, Delaware Indians--Fiction, Iroquois Indians--Fiction, United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Fiction, War stories, Historical fiction.
The Writings of
James Fenimore Cooper
JAMES FRANKLIN BEARD, Editor-in-Chief
JAMES P. ELLIOTT, Chief Textual Editor
LANCE SCHACHTERLE, Textual Editor
Sponsors
Series Sponsors
CLARK UNIVERSITY
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Volume Sponsors
CLARK UNIVERSITY
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH
Editorial Board
JAMES FRANKLIN BEARD, Chairman
JAMES P. ELLIOTT
KAY SEYMOUR HOUSE
THOMAS L. PHILBRICK
DONALD A. RINGE
WARREN S. WALKER
Advisory Committee
ROBERT E. SPILLER, Chairman
CLIFTON WALLER BARRETT
LEONARD BERRY
HENRY S. F. COOPER, JR.
WILLIAM EASTMAN
MARCUS MC CORISON
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The Deerslayer
or, The First War-Path
James Fenimore Cooper
Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes
by James Franklin Beard
Text Established by Lance Schachterle,
Kent Ljungquist and James Kilby
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"What Terrors round him wait!
Amazement in his van, with Flight combined
And Sorrow's faded form, and Solitude behind."
Thomas Gray, The Bard, 11.6062
State University of New York Press Albany
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The preparation of this volume was made possible (in part) by a grant from the
Program for Editions of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an
independent Federal Agency
.
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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
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1987 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 for 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
Cooper, James Fenimore, 17891851.
The deerslayer, or, The first war-path.
(The writings of James Fenimore Cooper)
1. Delaware IndiansFiction.
2. Iroquois Indians
Fiction.
3. United StatesHistoryFrench and Indian
War, 17551763Fiction.
I. Beard, James Franklin,
1919-
II. Title.III. Title: First war-path.
IV. Series: Cooper, James Fenimore, 17891851.
Works.
1980
.
PS1406.A1 1987813.387-9928
ISBN 0-87395-361-4
ISBN 0-87395-790-3 (pbk.)
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Illustrations
xiii
Historical Introduction
xix
Preface [1841]
1
Preface to the Leather-Stocking Tales [1850]
5
Preface [1850]
11
The Deerslayer
15
Explanatory Notes
549
Textual Commentary
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