FREE THE PATHFINDER PDF James Fenimore Cooper,Thomas Berger,John Stauffer | 512 pages | 07 Jan 2016 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780451530196 | English | New York, United States The Pathfinder by James Fenimore Cooper: | : Books Gotta be Jasper! What I liked: agreed completely with Mabel's final choice, was a little mad at her for dithering; in general liked The Pathfinder as a The Pathfinder, thought Cooper was setting her up to be an idiot for a time, but she has sense and uses it, but doesn't always take action as quickly as I could have wished; fairly quickly moving plot; Dew of June except her story's end ; certain characters eventually admitting they were in the wrong. What lost the star: disappointed by how little Chingachgook is in this one, he'll The Pathfinder on the edge of the scene and you think he's going to save the day or make a difference, but then it's like "Oh, yeah he just missed getting The Pathfinder on time How wishy-washy Pathfinder is on the subjects of Mabel and Jasper; the turn for the worst and then the absolute disasters toward the end, which The Pathfinder un-necessary and The Pathfinder little "WHAT? Why would they DO that?!?! Content notes: Minor swearing, some racial slurs, though most of the "offensive" language would not have been so The Pathfinder the time. Mabel understands her danger of being made an Indian captive, particularly as the chief has made it known she's to The Pathfinder his newest wife, and one of the soldiers who wants to marry her mentions having The Pathfinder several other wives and at least one "misunderstanding" that his acquittances count as being his wife, but nothing more explicit. Several close calls, including a severe storm while on the lake and ultimately a disastrous raid with many dead and scalped occurring during skirmishes including a womanmost deaths are simply described from a gun firing and a bloody spot appearing, or the person falling down and having their scalp removed; most disturbing is the ambush set up where dead bodies are posed to appear still alive and going about their business. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read The Pathfinder. Want to Read Currently The Pathfinder Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Thomas Berger Afterword. The Pathfinder Stauffer Introduction. The PathfinderCooper's most picturesque novel and the fourth of the five Leatherstocking Tales, is a The Pathfinder story set on the Great Lakes of the s. Fashioned from Cooper's own experience as a midshipman on Lake Ontario inthe novel revives Natty Bumpo who had died in The Prairieand illuminates Cooper's interest in American history with his concern f The PathfinderCooper's most picturesque novel and the fourth of the five Leatherstocking Tales, is a naval story set on the Great Lakes of the s. Fashioned from Cooper's own experience as a midshipman on Lake Ontario inthe novel revives Natty Bumpo who had died in The Prairieand illuminates Cooper's interest in American history with his The Pathfinder for social development. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published July 5th by Signet first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The The Pathfinderplease sign up. The Pathfinder with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Pathfinder Leatherstocking Tales, 3. Apr 26, Werner rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Fans of 19th-century The Pathfinder, or of The Pathfinder fiction. Published inThe Pathfinder was the second-to-last of the Leatherstocking Tales to be written, though in terms of the series' internal chronology, it's the third. Protagonist Natty Bumpo "Pathfinder" is another of his many nicknames here The Pathfinder in his late 30s. The French and Indian War is still raging; Cooper gives the date only as the late s, but it's after the events of The Last of the Mohicanswhich is set inso would probably be a best guess. Our setting here is on and around Lake Published inthis was the second-to-last of the Leatherstocking Tales to be written, though in terms of the series' internal chronology, it's the third. Our setting here is on and around Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes, which then and now formed the northern boundary of the western part of New York. English civilian settlement at this time didn't extend to The Pathfinder lake, but the British army maintained a fort on the southern shore, at the mouth of the Oswego River. When the book opens, we find two men and two women near the lake, headed for this fort; and they soon meet Natty and a couple of other men, sent from the fort to see them safely in. But even if they reach that haven safely, in this wartime wilderness environment, their adventures will be far from The Pathfinder Cooper's literary vision, prose style, and the general strengths of his writing here are comparable to what's exhibited in The The Pathfinderthe series installment that I just read before this one. My rating for The Pathfinder is a star The Pathfinder I'd have given four and a The Pathfinder stars if I The Pathfinderin order to give the novel pride of place, and as a reflection of the fact that the moral conflicts here The Pathfinder as marked. The vocabulary is also more challenging for an early 21st-century landlubber, since the voyages of the cutter Scud on the lake form a definite link to Cooper's sea stories, and often incomprehensible nautical terminology is very much in The Pathfinder in those passages. Interestingly, as a young man, Cooper went to sea as a The Pathfinder sailor on a merchant ship, and then served as a midshipman in the U. Navy, during part of which time he was stationed on Lake Ontario, and became very familiar with the locales described The Pathfinder this novel. But my enjoyment of the book was certainly comparable! Indeed, the more I've The Pathfinder of Cooper, the more my admiration for his literary artistry has grown. While Cooper has The Pathfinder been faulted for his characterizations, I would say that those here are drawn with a skill and sharpness certainly equal, if not superior, to those of many contemporary and later novelists. Charles Cap, in fact, is a character almost Dickensian. Mabel Dunham, to be sure, is not an action-heroine type; she's psychologically incapable of violence, a trait that reflects Cooper's idealization to a point of traditional conceptions of "femininity. But these aren't intended as put-downs, and his sexism has its limits: Mabel is described as "Spirited, accustomed to self-reliance," and she can say and demonstrate that "I am not so feeble and weakminded as you may think. Readers averse The Pathfinder this kind of thing should consider The Pathfinder warned. Of course, this is strictly clean romance, with nothing sexually suggestive about it! But although I don't usually like a triangular plot element, it wasn't off-putting here; it just made for some psychological and dramatic tension, which is a good thing. Although the The Pathfinder genre as such didn't exist inCooper makes effective use of a mystery element. I suspected one aspect of the denouement of this, but nowhere The Pathfinder the whole of it. The speech of educated characters The Pathfinder sound stilted to our ears; but it's actually realistic for the way people of their class spoke in the 18th century, and Cooper does a good job of The Pathfinder dialogue according to the backgrounds and speaking styles of the characters. He's also not averse to killing off characters you like; this happens in every Cooper novel I've read, The Pathfinder it's wise to be prepared for it. Deathbed scenes are quite a staple in 19th-century literature; the one here has strong, and to me commendable, Christian gospel content. Treatment of Indian characters is balanced and fair, and we have good examples of cross-cultural friendship. The Pathfinder perhaps better afterword is the general comment about Cooper's work from another American literary giant, William Cullen Bryant: " View all 8 comments. Nov 24, Yigal Zur rated it really liked it. Aug 21, James McCormick rated it liked it. As with Last of the Mohicans there is a female in distress but this time the tale could almost be classed as something of a romance as our hero The Pathfinder for the sweet, innocent yet spirited Mabel Dunham whilst doubting he could ever be a good enough match for her. View 2 comments. Cooper's characters ride over waterfalls on bark canoes, battle enemy Iroquois among the rapids of the Oswego River, and fight to the death on one of the hidden islands. There is love--Hawkeye, known here as "Pathfinder" proposes marriage. There is treachery. And there is plenty of adventure. Pathfinder must guide a beautiful girl through the woods. There are two battles: a woods fight with the Iroquois and an ambush on British soldiers. Cooper's prose is dated--expect page chapters based on one conversation between Pathfinder and Mabel's father, argh. If, like me, you are on Cooper's trail through upstate New York, or you're looking for some background reading on Lake The Pathfinder or the Thousand Islands, The Pathfinder will enjoy this book.