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Product Description The definitive edition of Cooper’s great epic of the American frontier, now in a dramatic boxed set. Here, presented in their order of composition and in the most authoritative texts available, are all five classic novels: The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. About the Author Blake Nevius (1917–1994), editor, was professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was the author of numerous studies of American writers, including Cooper, Wharton, and Sinclair Lewis.