"The Prairie" is a historical novel by Cooper featuring Natty Bumppo. In this westward expansion story, the fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name but is instead referred to as "the trapper" or "the old man." Chronologically, "The Prairie" is the fifth and final installment of the "Leatherstocking Tales," though it was published before "The Pathfinder" and "The Deerslayer." Journey with Natty in the final year of his life as...

Natty Bumppo, a young white hunter brought up in the Delaware Indian tribe, has to defend settlers before returning to the Iroquois who have allowed him parole.

The Last of the Mohicans is the second book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, and remains his best-known work. It is a historical novel set in the French and Indian war in New York, and centers around the massacre of surrendered Anglo-American troops. The two daughters of the British commander are kidnapped, but rescued by the last two Mohicans. The title comes from a quote by Tamanend:'I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race...