拓荒者The_Pioneers_part3

作者：James Fenimore Cooper

播音：Gary W. Sherwin

音频：15

更新：30.mp3

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ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesanelderlyLeatherstocking(NattyBumpo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor'sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabethTemple(basedontheauthor'ssister,HannahCooper),ofthefictionalTempleton,NewYork.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestoNewYork'sLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.Leatherstockingandhisclosestfriend,theMohicanIndianChingachgook,begintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofamysteriousyoungvisitor,a"younghunter"knownasOliverEdwards,whoeventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe"dyingIndian",andNattyvanishesintothesunset.