The Pathfinder: Or the Inland Sea (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Cooper, James Fenimore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192839896 ISBN 13: 9780192839893

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The Pathfinder (1840), Cooper's most picturesque novel and the fourth of the five Leatherstocking Tales, is a naval story set on the Great Lakes of the 1750s. Fashioned from Cooper's own experience as a midshipman on Lake Ontario in 1808-09, the novel revives Natty Bumpo (who had died in The Prairie), and illuminates Cooper's interest in American history with his concern for social development.

About this title

About the Author:

William P. Kelly is at Queen's College, City University of New York.

Review:

"Excellent edition for class use, what with both of Cooper's prefaces and the series in general. AND an essay to provide historical context, a chronology, a bibliography--and still more. This should be the edition of choice for the classroom."--Cameron C. Nnickels, James Madison University

"Clearly and carefully edited, this volume is a very useful addition to your excellent series."--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192839896
• ISBN 13: 9780192839893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Kelly William P.