The Prairie

The vast, windswept prairie stretches endlessly under a boundless sky. Here, an old trapper—the legendary Natty Bumppo—lives his final days in solitude, a relic of a vanishing wilderness. But his quiet existence is shattered when a desperate band of settlers, the ruthless Ishmael Bush and his family, drag a kidnapped young woman across the plains. With the help of a bold young bee-hunter named Paul Hover and the spirited Ellen Wade, the trapper pits his ancient wisdom against the greed of men and the dangers of the wild. As a Sioux war party closes in and a prairie fire rages, Natty must make one last stand—not with a rifle, but with courage and sacrifice. This faithful retelling captures all the drama, beauty, and moral depth of Cooper's classic, now in vivid, natural English. Part of Timeless Classics.