1889 DEERSLAYER J. F. Cooper NEW YORK in 1740's INDIANS

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The DeerSlayer Or, The First War Path A Tale By J. Fenimore Cooper Published By Hurst & Co. New York 1889 Hardcover. Attractive Decorated Cloth Binding [ with American Indian , etc.] Floral Decorated Endpapers. 5.25" x 7.5" 608 Pages. *** 121 Years Old *** The Deerslayer, or The The First War Path by James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851). See My Other Listings For Other Volumes in the Leather - Stocking Series , in Matching Bindings ; as a group these books look great on a book-shelf! The Deerslayer is the first of the " Leatherstocking Tales " of James Fenimore Cooper. Set in the Pre- Revolutionary War American Colonial period , we meet Natty Bumppo as a young man living in upstate New York in the early 1740's. The action begins as Bumppo, called "Deerslayer," and his friend Hurry Harry approach Lake Glimmerglass, or Oswego , where the trapper Thomas Hutter lives with his daughters, the beautiful Judith and the feeble-minded Hetty. When Hutter's floating log fort is attacked by Iroquois Indians , the two frontiersmen join in the fight. ** Very Good Condition ** The binding is in Uncommonly Nice Condition, with almost no sign of wear. [ see the photos ] The Hinges are Tight. No markings. Former owner's name on the front endpaper, and "No. 30." The paper has mellowed/ toned, but is still reasonably flexible. The Pages are otherwise Clean and in Very Good Condition. *** 121 Years Old *** Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer . Terms of Sale Paypal accepted. International Customers: shipping charges are higher than that stated above for USPS Media Mail. Inquire for a quote. Also, there may be some delay in delivery due to the Customs operations of your own country; this varies from nation to nation. Returns will be accepted should the book(s) not match the description. Shipping costs are non-refundable. Have A Look At My Many Other Books. Biographical Information: James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) American novelist, born in Burlington, New Jersey . He was the first important American writer to draw on the subjects and landscape of his native land in order to create a vivid myth of frontier life. In 1790 Cooper's family moved to Cooperstown , New York - a frontier settlement founded by his father near Otsego Lake . The landscape and history of the area was to greatly influence many of his most famous works. Sent to Yale at 13, Cooper was dismissed for a disciplinary reason in his third year. At age 17 he went to sea ; commissioned as a U.S. midshipman, he served until 1811, at which time he married and settled into life as a gentleman farmer. Cooper's literary career, which covers a period of 30 years and includes more than 50 publications, began in 1820 with the appearance of Precaution. Imitative of the English novel of manners, this book failed to gain an audience; but his next work, The Spy (1821), a patriotic story of the American Revolution, was an immediate success. With The Pioneers (1823), the first of the famous Leatherstocking Tales, and The Pilot (1823), an adventure of the high seas, Cooper's reputation as the first major American novelist was established. In 1826 Cooper went to France, nominally as American consul at Lyons. He spent several years abroad, publishing such novels as The Red Rover (1827), The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish (1829), and The Water-Witch (1830), romances of American life on land and sea. In Notions of the Americans (1828) he defended his country to European critics; but upon his return home, repelled by what he saw as the abuses of American democracy, Cooper became the staunch social critic of American society. Such works as The American Democrat (1838) and the fictional Homeward Bound and its sequel, Home as Found (both 1838), express the conservative, aristocratic social views that made him quite unpopular; his later life was filled with many quarrels and lawsuits over his works. In his most important novels, t... read more

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