In the years after the Louisiana Purchase, the old trapper Natty Bumppo meets the lawless squatter Ishmael Bush and his sons, moving west beyond the Mississippi with a captive they mean to hide. Kidnappings, prairie fires and Pawnee and Sioux war parties follow. Its portrayal of Native peoples reflects the attitudes of 1827.
The third published Leatherstocking Tale, carrying Cooper’s frontier hero to his last days. Download the free EPUB.