ix, [1], 421 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece and plates by Frank T. Merrill. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. "Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid life. Featuring the classic character Natty Bumppo, it is a moving, memorable depiction of courage, passion, and forbearance, and a precursor to the Western genre."
