The Deerslayer Summary
James Fenimore Cooper

The Deerslayer Summary

The Deerslayer is the opening novel in a series about frontiersman Nathaniel Bumppo, nicknamed Deerslayer. The novel follows Deerslayer as he lives alongside his Native American friends and develops into a legendary figure during the decades leading up to the American Revolution. His rugged honesty sets him apart from the other settlers and his strongest relationships remain with the Native American tribes of his youth, particularly a young chief known as...

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