First published in 1823, "The Pioneers" was the debut novel in James Fenimore Cooper\'s famous "Leatherstocking Tales".
Well-known to Cooper\'s readers as the archetypal American frontiersman and friend to Indians, Natty struggles with hunting and maintaining his way of life amid a growing economy and the new societal laws that re.
While published first, it is the fourth chronologically of Cooper\'s five "Leatherstocking Tales" and follows the later life of his central character, Natty Bumppo.
First published in 1823, "The Pioneers" was the debut novel in James Fenimore Cooper\'s famous "Leatherstocking Tales"