Bibliograph

The prairie

Type

Label

The prairie

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The prairie

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Great illustrated classics

Summary

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. James Fenimore Cooper's The Prairie is the last episode in the Leatherstocking Tales. Set on the Great Plains just after the Louisiana Purchase, the frontier novel recounts the story of the aging trapper Natty Bumppo. The novel involves a series of conflicts between white settlers and rivaling Native American tribes. It communicates the destruction of natural resources and the tragic eradication of native peoples resulting from America's expansionist ideology

Target audience

adult

Classification