All five Leatherstocking novels, The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841), share the character of Natty Bumppo. Although not written in the chronological order of the narrative, they present the scout from his early adventures as Deerslayer to his old age as Leatherstocking, while civilization marches inexorably onward.