The Pathfinder

✍ Scribed by James Fenimore Cooper

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 596
• Series: The John Harvard Library; 139
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Wayne Franklin’s introduction to The Pathfinder describes the personal and financial circumstances that led James Fenimore Cooper to the resurrection of his most popular character, underscoring the author’s aim to offer Natty Bumppo as a “Pathfinder” for a nation he feared had lost its moral bearings.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction by Wayne Franklin
Note on the Text
Chronology of James Fenimore Cooper’s Life
The Pathfinder
Preface [First Edition]
Preface [Author’s Revised Edition, 1851]
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Selected Bibliography