Leatherstocking tales
Author
Author
Series
Leatherstocking tales volume 1
Publisher
C. Scribner's sons
Pub. Date
1925.
Language
English
Description
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Author
Series
Leatherstocking tales volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1757 and the Seven Years' War, waged between the British and French colonies, has torn across western New York. Colonel Munro, who holds charge of the British Fort William Henry, believes he is sending his daughters away from danger with a Native American escort named Magua. But when Magua abducts the girls, Natty Bumppo, also known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Uncas and Chingachook, witness the cowardly act and set out rescue the...
Author
Series
Leatherstocking tales volume 5
Description
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They meet Natty Bumppo, the trapper, who has left his home in New York state to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests.