James Fenimore Cooper : The Leatherstocking Tales II: The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer (Library of America)
by James Fenimore Cooper
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Read in January, 2008
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Personality #17recommends it for: feminists
A cool story, well worth the effort if you are excited about the French and Indian War or Last of the Mohicans, or epic outdoor adventure in general. Cooper's language is laborious to the point of nausea at times, and he had to have been paid by the word, probably in serial form, because he will drag a two-paragraph piece of action or dialog out across several chapters for no good reason. This type of book is what "abridging" was invented for. I'll be the first to assail any miscreant ...more
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