With "The Pioneers" (1823), Cooper initiated his series of
elegiac romances of frontier life and introduced the world to Natty
Bumppo (or Leather-stocking). Set in 1793 in New York State, the
novel depicts an aging Leather-stocking negotiating his way in a
restlessly expanding society. In his introduction, Robert Daly
argues for the novel s increasing relevance: we live in a similarly
complex society as Cooper s frontier world, faced with the same
questions about the limits of individualism, the need for voluntary
cooperation, and stewardship of the environment.
The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative
text of "The Pioneers" in the "The Writings of James Fenimore
Cooper, "published by the State University of New York Press.
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