The Pioneers

by James Fenimore Cooper

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The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale (1823) was part of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, most famous of which is The Last of the Mohicans. The Pioneers describes the rapid expanding frontier of New York State, particularly the Lake Otsego area.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter I.

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII.

Chapter VIII.

Chapter IX.

Chapter X.

Chapter XI.

Chapter XII.

Chapter XIII.

Chapter XIV.

Chapter XV.

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII.

Chapter XIX.

Chapter XX.

Chapter XXI.

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII.

Chapter XXIV.

Chapter XXV.

Chapter XXVI.

Chapter XXVII.

Chapter XXVIII.

Chapter XXIX.

Chapter XXX.

Chapter XXXI.

Chapter XXXII.

Chapter XXXIII.

Chapter XXXIV.

Chapter XXXV.

Chapter XXXVI.

Chapter XXXVII.

Chapter XXXVIII.

Chapter XXXIX.

Chapter XL.

Chapter XLI.

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