The story opens with Ishmael, along with his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
They meet the trapper, Natty Bumppo who has left his home in New York State to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests. In the years between his other adventures and this novel, he tells us only that he has walked all the way to the Pacific Ocean and seen all the land between the coasts.
Highlights of this edition are:
•15 illustrations and photos.
•A free web link to the full-length audio recording of the book – to either listen to online, or download.
•It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kindle reader.
•An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kindle “go to” feature.
•Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with kindle’s Text-to-Speech features.
•Plus, about the Author section.
•785 pages (in the kindle format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended. First published in 1827.
They meet the trapper, Natty Bumppo who has left his home in New York State to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests. In the years between his other adventures and this novel, he tells us only that he has walked all the way to the Pacific Ocean and seen all the land between the coasts.
Highlights of this edition are:
•15 illustrations and photos.
•A free web link to the full-length audio recording of the book – to either listen to online, or download.
•It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kindle reader.
•An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kindle “go to” feature.
•Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with kindle’s Text-to-Speech features.
•Plus, about the Author section.
•785 pages (in the kindle format) for a very low price.
This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended. First published in 1827.
