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The Pioneers

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First published: 1823
Pages: 437

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00 - Introduction
15:01
01 - Chapter 01
42:29
02 - Chapter 02
23:46
03 - Chapter 03
24:08
04 - Chapter 04
30:25
05 - Chapter 05
36:39
06 - Chapter 06
34:22
07 - Chapter 07
37:47
08 - Chapter 08
25:04
09 - Chapter 09
22:06
10 - Chapter 10
22:15
11 - Chapter 11
23:03
12 - Chapter 12
38:08
13 - Chapter 13
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14 - Chapter 14
31:25
15 - Chapter 15
27:07
16 - Chapter 16
26:07
17 - Chapter 17
30:46
18 - Chapter 18
19:48
19 - Chapter 19
19:47
20 - Chapter 20
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21 - Chapter 21
25:46
22 - Chapter 22
21:24
23 - Chapter 23
24:59
24 - Chapter 24
30:46
25 - Chapter 25
21:32
26 - Chapter 26
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27 - Chapter 27
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28 - Chapter 28
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29 - Chapter 29
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30 - Chapter 30
29:34
31 - Chapter 31
19:07
32 - Chapter 32
26:08
33 - Chapter 33
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34 - Chapter 34
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35 - Chapter 35
31:54
36 - Chapter 36
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37 - Chapter 37
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38 - Chapter 38
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39 - Chapter 39
28:25
40 - Chapter 40
23:16
41 - Chapter 41
25:53

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The first of Cooper's Leatherstocking novels, though set later in Natty Bumppo's life, this book brings the frontier scout into conflict with the settled world encroaching on his forests. On the New York frontier of the 1790s, the elderly hunter, now called Leatherstocking, clashes with Judge Marmaduke Temple over game laws, property, and the reckless waste of a wilderness being cleared for farms and towns. Around their quarrel Cooper builds a portrait of a raw village in the making, with its restless mix of settlers and outcasts, and a buried secret about the land's rightful owners. It is an early and thoughtful American meditation on nature and law.

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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune.