The Prairie (1827)

by James Fenimore Cooper

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Series: Leatherstocking Tales (3)

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Fiction. Western. Historical Fiction. HTML: Pining for a tale of frontier life on the vast prairie? Settle in with this novel from James Fenimore Cooper, the fifth and final installment in his Leatherstocking Tales series, which follows the exploits of one Natty Bumppo, a trapper living out his twilight years in the wide open spaces of the Midwest. .… (more)

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Good conclusion to the series.

To be honest, I find the main protagonist annoying, not lovable, as some do. But to each his own. (

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claidheamdanns | Sep 26, 2023 |

First Addition

BrittanyMortin | Oct 11, 2021 |

Ex-lib. JCC. Ex-lib. Newburgh Library, Ann Arbor (

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ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 |

Very interesting! Love story, kidnapping, & Indians combined! Although this wasn't published last, it ends with Leatherstocking's death.

CAFinNY | Apr 26, 2019 |

Getting the conclusion out of the way. Reading out of order
Science over intuition
RIP to hero (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
James Fenimore Cooper	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Ringe, Donald A.	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Smith, Henry Nash	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Spiller, Robert E.	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper

The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper

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Works of James Fenimore Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper

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The Prairie

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The Prairie

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The geological formation of that portion of the American Union, which
lies between the Alleghanies and the Rocky Mountains, has given rise
to many ingenious theories.

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Fiction. Western. Historical Fiction. HTML:

Pining for a tale of frontier life on the vast prairie? Settle in with this novel from James Fenimore Cooper, the fifth and final installment in his Leatherstocking Tales series, which follows the exploits of one Natty Bumppo, a trapper living out his twilight years in the wide open spaces of the Midwest.

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Set in the western prairies [ 500 miles or so west of the Mississippi] of the early 1800s at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Chingachgook is dead, and Natty Bumppo is in his eighty's and passes away at the novel's end.

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