Pathfinder
by James Fenimore Cooper
Energetic, confident, surprisingly resourceful and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of a Western hero. As an impeccable arbiter of wildlife justice, he hates the hypocrisy of the middle class. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has promised to protect on an insidious journey and the unspoiled forest that supports him in his beliefs. Filled with a short narrative full of adventure and grandiose descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts, The Tracker set the standard for epic action-packed literature.
