# Der alte Trapper

By James Fenimore Cooper.

"Der alte Trapper" by James Fenimore Cooper is a novel published in 1827. It follows the legendary frontiersman Natty Bumppo, now an elderly trapper in his final year, as he ventures onto the vast American prairies. When he encounters a family of settlers and a young captain searching for his kidnapped bride, the aging hero must use his wilderness wisdom one last time. Amid conflicts with Sioux warriors, a noble Pawnee chief, and dangerous betrayals, Natty faces his greatest challenge: finding peace in a vanishing frontier. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: German
- Illustrator: Rolf Winkler
- Translator: Friedrich Meister
- Subjects: Historical fiction; Indians of North America -- Fiction; Western stories; Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Fiction

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