In the summer of 1812 Ben Boden, a bee-hunter who works the open groves of the Kalamazoo country, finds his solitary trade overtaken by war. With a garrison corporal, a young woman and her family, he must thread a path through Potawatomi and allied warriors as news of the fighting at Mackinac and Detroit reaches the frontier.
One of Cooper’s last frontier novels, rich in Michigan landscape and woodcraft; its portrayal of Native peoples belongs to 1848. Download the free EPUB.