The Leatherstocking saga

THE LEATHERSTOCKING SAGA is a 1954 condensation by Professor Alan Nevins of Columbia University of five novels by James Fenimore Cooper (1789 - 1851). Collectively called THE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES (Leatherstocking is one of many nicknames of Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, the hero of the series). The SAGA consists of "The Deerslayer", "The last of the Mohicans", "The Pathfinder", "The pioneers", and "The prairie"; the whole arranged in chronological order from Hawkeye's youth on the New York frontier in King George's War until his death on the western prairies in Jefferson's administration / Edited by Allan Nevins; illustrated by Reginald.