Natty Bumppo the Mohicans", by Hellmut Lange in the 1969 German TV series "Die Lederstrumpferzählungen", by Cliff DeYoung in the 1984 PBS mini-series "The Leatherstocking Tales" (which compressed "The Deerslayer", "The Last of the Mohicans", and "The Pathfinder" into four episodes), and by Lee Horsley in the 1994 TV series "Hawkeye". Natty Bumppo Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the "Leatherstocking Tales". Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians. In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in
Tortoise Tales as older children." The tale "Gar-room!" features the trickster spider Anansi. Kirkus Reviews wrote "Disappointingly only the first three tales are about Tortoise" and "You'll recognize most of the ploys but these are for slightly younger readers than are most of Manning-Sanders' collections and they are appropriately snappy and short." It also appeared in library programs and school reading lists. Tortoise Tales Tortoise Tales is a 1974 anthology of 13 animal-centered fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. These tales are written for a younger level of a reader unlike Manning-Sanders' more