The Pioneers (novel) The Pioneers (novel) The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. It was the first of five novels published which became known as the "Leatherstocking Tales". Published in 1823, "The Pioneers" is the fourth novel in terms of the chronology of the novels' plots. The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features an elderly Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton (whose life parallels that of the author's father Judge William Cooper), and Elizabeth Temple (based on the author's
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales is a collection of short stories by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Released in late 1851 with a copyright of 1852, it is the final collection of tales by Hawthorne published in his lifetime. After publishing his collection "Mosses from an Old Manse" in 1846, Hawthorne mostly turned away from the short tales that had marked the majority of his career to that point. In the interim period leading up to the collection "The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales", he wrote only four new stories: "Main-street", "Feathertop", "The Snow-Image",