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The Pioneers; or, the Sources of the Susquehanna
Set on the New York frontier, it follows elderly frontiersman Natty Bumppo and Judge Marmaduke Temple as they clash over environmental stewardship and the transformation of wilderness into settlement.
"The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna" by James Fenimore Cooper is a historical novel. Set on the New York frontier, it follows elderly frontiersman Natty Bumppo and Judge Marmaduke Temple as they clash over environmental stewardship and the transformation of wilderness into settlement.
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An ancestor of Marmaduke Temple had, about one hundred and twenty years before the commencement of our tale, come to the colony of Pennsylvania, a friend and co-religionist of its great patron. Old Marmaduke, for this formidable prenomen was a kind of appellative to the race, brought with him, to that asylum of the persecuted an abundance of the good things of this life. He became the master of many thousands of acres of uninhabited territory, and the supporter of many a score of dependents. He lived greatly respected for his piety, and not a little distinguished as a sectary; was intrusted by his associates with many important political stations; and died just in time to escape the knowledge of his own poverty. It was his lot to share the fortune of most of those who brought wealth with them into the new settlements of the middle colonies.
The consequence of an emigrant into these provinces was generally to be ascertained by the number of his white servants or dependents, and the nature of the public situations that he held. Taking this rule as a guide, the ancestor of our Judge must have been a man of no little note.
Contents
- 01Introduction
- 02Chapter I.
- 03Chapter II
- 04Chapter III
- 05Chapter IV
- 06Chapter V
- 07Chapter VI
- 08Chapter VII.
- 09Chapter VIII.
- 10Chapter IX.
- 11Chapter X.
- 12Chapter XI.
- 13Chapter XII.
- 14Chapter XIII.
- 15Chapter XIV.
- 16Chapter XV.
- 17Chapter XVI
- 18Chapter XVII
- 19Chapter XVIII.
- 20Chapter XIX.
- 21Chapter XX.
- 22Chapter XXI.
- 23Chapter XXII
- 24Chapter XXIII.
- 25Chapter XXIV.
- 26Chapter XXV.
- 27Chapter XXVI.
- 28Chapter XXVII.
- 29Chapter XXVIII.
- 30Chapter XXIX.
- 31Chapter XXX.
- 32Chapter XXXI.
- 33Chapter XXXII.
- 34Chapter XXXIII.
- 35Chapter XXXIV.
- 36Chapter XXXV.
- 37Chapter XXXVI.
- 38Chapter XXXVII.
- 39Chapter XXXVIII.
- 40Chapter XXXIX.
- 41Chapter XL.
- 42Chapter XLI.
About this edition
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 283 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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