The Prairie
by Cooper, J Fenimore
Deep in the heart of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, five hundred miles beyond the Mississippi River, a group of travelers in the year 1805 pushes yet farther westward over the prairie. Called "squatters" and equipped with covered wagons, livestock, farming implements, and household furnishings, they give every appearance of being ordinary settlers except for the fact they have bypassed the fertile river bottoms for the less productive Great Plains. This group is comprised of the rough, semiliterate Ishmael and Esther Bush, now in their fifties; their numerous children, including seven grown sons; Esther's brother, Abiram White; Ellen Wade, a niece, whose bearing bespeaks a more refined background; and Dr. Obed Bat, an eccentric naturalist. In search of a camping place for the night, they are suddenly confronted by a colossal figure who momentarily fills them with superstitious awe. It is Natty Bumppo, whose form, greatly magnified by an optical illusion, is outlined against the setting sun on the horizon. Once a hunter and scout but now reduced in his old age to trapping, Natty is almost as startled as the newcomers by the encounter. It has been months since the octogenarIan has seen white people so far beyond the settlements. He leads the Bush party to a campsite which will provide for their basic needs: water, fuel, and fodder for the animals.
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The Prairie; A Tale
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The Prairie: A Tale.
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The Prairie: a Tale [Leatherstocking Tales]
by Cooper, J. Fenimore
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London (Broadway, Ludgate Hill): George Routledge and Sons. Reissue . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated but circa 1910. xxxii, 466pp. In red cloth boards, bevelled edges, with black lettering and decorations. Elegant, patterned, pale endpapers. Text block edges a little flecked. Internally a hint of browning on… Read more about this item Item Price
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The prairie (Everyman)
by J Fenimore Cooper
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THE PRAIRIE
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The Prairie: A Tale
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The Prairie: A Tale, Leather-Stocking Tales [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1880] Cooper, J. Fenimore
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1880. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Porter and Coats no date, 1880. Very Good+/no DJ. (circa late 1880-1899). in maroon cloth covered boards with light corner wear. Gold gilt top page edges. Leather spine lable. Tight and clean gift quality book. 430 pages. Item Price
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The Prairie: A Tale
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New York: The Mershon Company ca. 1890s. The fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, though published before The Pathfinder and The Deerslayer. Depicts Natty Bumppo in the final year of his life still proving helpful to people in distress on the American frontier. Condition notes - 430 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; cocked, a.e. tanned, eps… Read more about this item Item Price
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