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James Fenimore Cooper
The novel takes place in the middle of the 18th century during the Anglo-French war and is partly based on true events.
He is a white hunter, with the Indian name Oko Sokolovo, a mediator between two hostile and mutually incomprehensible worlds, but also a witness to the tragedy of the Indians and the disappearing civilization.
Written during a nostalgic interval during Cooper's stormy battles with the Whig Press, The Deerslayer (1841) is the last of the world-famous Leatherstocking Tales in point of composition, though first in the biographical sequence.
A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley romances, Cooper's novel centers on Harvey Birch, an ordinary man suspected of being a spy for the British.