[PeterParker]

Just for CiderJim:


What is The Leatherstocking Tales?

[Cider Jim]

Those are of course the 5 frontier novels written by James Fenimore Cooper in the 1820s-1840s:

The Deerslayer
The Last of the Mohicans
The Pathfinder
The Pioneers
The Prairie

All 5 novels star Natty Bumppo as the great American hero of the frontier (similar to Daniel Boone), and 4 of the novels star his Indian sidekick, Chingachgook. Also, Cooperstown, NY was named after William Cooper, the son of JFC, who set some of his novels there, including The Deerslayer.

I could go on and on about this topic, but if I said much more, I'd have to charge you tuition.

[PeterParker]

Ah, indeed . Although, upon hearing the question, my college degree proved its value as I immediately knew the answer as a result of a certain former LU prof of mine whose favorite books were in fact these same Leatherstocking Tales (info for which I duly paid my tuition which is also how I learned of said Cooperstown reference) and perhaps a bit of cider (info for which my FlameFans time has afforded me )


Bumppo, who has aliases of Hawkeye, Pathfinder, Leather Stocking & The Trapper throughout the series, has a __________ (weapon) named ________________ ? (which must anger the PETA folks.)


Wow, it must be summer on FlameFans, I'm throwing out stuff I actually learned while a Flame; is it time for football yet?

[Cider Jim]

long rifle...Kill Deer.

[Cider Jim]

Come on, Pete, throw me some more Cooper questions. If Fumble is lurking, he might learn something useful as he suits up for Quiz Bowl next year.

[LUconn]

Come on now, even I knew this one and I'm not even an avid reader. Then again, I did CLEP out of english/humanities

[Cider Jim]

Here are 2 Cooper questions of medium difficulty: what was the name of Natty Bumppo's dog & what was the dog's most striking physical feature (in old age)?

[PAmedic]

who is Hector

what is distinct howling (?)

[Cider Jim]

Medic, Hector is correct, but you are batting .500 since the answer to the second question is that Hector is a "toothless hound."

Next question--in what territory are both Natty & Hector buried?

[LUconn]

I didn't remember that at all. Is that mentioned in Mohicans? That's the only one we read in High School because we could watch the movie after we were done. Also, I think medic googled it.

[PAmedic]

I didn't remember that at all. Is that mentioned in Mohicans? That's the only one we read in High School because we could watch the movie after we were done. Also, I think medic googled it.

cynic

[Cider Jim]

Natty's dog Hector is in The Prairie, not Mohicans, which honestly is my least favorite Cooper novel (& movie).

[mrmacphisto]

I don't remember anyone named Natty Bumppo in the Mohicans movie. Which one was he?

[Libertine]

I don't remember anyone named Natty Bumppo in the Mohicans movie. Which one was he?

Hawkeye, Daniel Day-Lewis' character.