The deerslayer
by James Fenimore Cooper · 1841
Historical Fiction · ranked #48 in category
The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the followin
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- Historical Fiction
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Standing
- Recommended
About Historical Fiction
Historical fiction puts you inside a different time and makes it feel real. The best of it reconstructs the past with empathy as well as accuracy, giving you both a story and the world that produced it.
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