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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.2 EAN: 9780140390261 ISBN: 014039026X Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: April 28, 1988 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
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 Rating:  - All round an excellent readThe last of the Leatherstocking Tales and, surprisingly, on of the best. I would say that it is almost as good as Last of the Mohicans. Natty Bumpo, now a trapper, no longer a hunter given his age is nevertheless a powerful presence throughout, so very different from the almost non-existent role he had in The Pioneers. This time he has left his favourite woods of the East to rove in the prairies as they are the last stronghold of wild nature free of the influence of settlers, woodcutters and people who don't know how to connect to the wilderness. He is now an old man, in his eighthies, but still strong and fit enough to surprise the younger men he meets in this story. This novel is also one of the few of the series where characters from one book are mentioned in the present case. However, in general Cooper has stuck to making the story self contained with little influence of previous characters and most of the people are new and display aspects which are quite different from other characters. Like mentioned by other reviewers the story told has much to do with how, by the time of the early 1800's, the frontier was being pushed back by settlers from the East seeking their own land. This was also the subject of The Pioneers although not to the degree as described here. Most of this commentary is centred on Natty's view of the world and how it is being fundamentally altered for the worse in his view. All round an excellent read. Rating:  - The west before the myth...This is the last of the "Leatherstocking " tales. Here the reader finds the great trapper Natty Bumppo in his waning years. The issues that are to define the west in years to come are on display even at this early date (1827). The infancy of Manifest destiny and the myth of the west that is yet to come. The writing is stilted by today's standards but this is still a must read for students of western literature. I also recommend "Across the High Lonesome" for fiction that explores a small slice of life in the modern west---or the west at the end of the myth.  Try searching the Internet for "The Prairie (Classics)" or Ebay for "The Prairie (Classics)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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