The PrairieFirst published in 1827, The Prairie is set in the American frontier. It is part of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales and is the third book to feature Natty Bumppo, a trapper and frontiersman. Other characters from Cooper's famous The Last of the Mohicans, including chief Hard Heart, also appear in this book.The story follows Natty on his travels to the prairie of Nebraska, where he meets up with a family of squatters who are hiding a secret. One of their own, Abiram White, has kidnapped a young woman from her family and husband in Louisiana. The husband, an artillery captain, and his men are hunting the squatters through the frontier, and Natty takes it upon himself to help the young man find his stolen bride.Full of adventure and tense battles, The Prairie is a classic tale of the American West suitable for both teenage and adult readers.Popular American novelist JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-11851) is best remembered for his 1826 epic The Last of the Mohicans, considered his masterpiece. |
Contents
Section 19 | 226 |
Section 20 | 239 |
Section 21 | 253 |
Section 22 | 267 |
Section 23 | 281 |
Section 24 | 297 |
Section 25 | 314 |
Section 26 | 327 |
Section 9 | 106 |
Section 10 | 119 |
Section 11 | 132 |
Section 12 | 144 |
Section 13 | 156 |
Section 14 | 166 |
Section 15 | 178 |
Section 16 | 192 |
Section 17 | 201 |
Section 18 | 212 |
Section 27 | 343 |
Section 28 | 358 |
Section 29 | 371 |
Section 30 | 385 |
Section 31 | 398 |
Section 32 | 414 |
Section 33 | 428 |
Section 34 | 440 |
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Abiram already animal answered appeared arth Asinus band Battius beast bee-hunter Big-knives bison brave brother buffalo chief companion countenance cried Dahcotah danger dark distance Doctor ears earth encampment enemies Esther exclaimed eyes father favor fear feet girl glance grass grizzly bear hand Hard-Heart head heard heavens Hector horse hound hunter Indian Inez instant interrupted Ishmael Bush Kentucky listened live lodge look Lord Loups Mahtoree manner matter mind naturalist nature never nigh Obed old trapper Pale-face party passed Pawnee plain prairie quadruped reason Red-skin returned the trapper rifle river rock Rocky Mountains savage seemed seen silent Siouxes skin sleep speak spot squatter stood stranger tell tent Teton thicket thought tion tomahawk tongue tribe turned Uncas venison voice warrior Weucha whole wife wild woman words yonder young youth
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Page 9 - ... fiery light a human form appeared, drawn against the gilded background as distinctly, and seemingly as palpable, as though it would come within the grasp of any extended hand. The figure was colossal; the attitude musing and melancholy; and the situation directly in the route of the travellers. But imbedded, as it was, in its setting of garish light, it was impossible to distinguish its just proportions or true character.