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The Prairie
The Prairie
Author: James Fenimore Cooper, Donald A. Ringe
Set in the immense landscape of the Great Plains, The Prairie (1827) addresses many questions raised by the penetration of the American west: the displacement of the Indians, the destruction of nature, and the creation of a just society both ordered and free. Natty Bumppo, a man now in the — autumn of his days, is the spokesman for the conservati...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192837660
ISBN-10: 0192837664
Publication Date: 2/24/2000
Pages: 393
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Typical Fenimore Cooper read -- a manners novel, but one of the first depictions of the American West, and the germ of an entire genre. If you are reading outside a class, check the scholarship online, it will help immensely.


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