The Deerslayer Schlange", an East German Red Western from DEFA studios, starring Gojko Mitić. 1990: "", a Soviet version. In 1932, the "Leatherstocking Tales" were adapted as a thirteen-part serial radio drama. It is directed and performed by Charles Fredrick Lindsay and contains both "Deerslayer" and "Last of the Mohicans". A made-for-television film was released in 1978. The film was directed by Richard Friedenberg and starred Steve Forrest as Hawkeye. The Deerslayer The Deerslayer, or The First War-path (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and
Animal Fairy Tales published. Baum wrote another story for the collection; entitled "The Tiger's Eye", it is a grim, harsh story about evil magic enchanting animals and men which was not printed until 1962. Another edition of "Animal Fairy Tales", including the original illustrations by Charles Bull, appeared in 1992. Animal Fairy Tales Animal Fairy Tales is a collection of short stories written by L. Frank Baum, the creator of the Land of Oz series of children's books. The stories (animal tales, comparable to Aesop's Fables or the "Just-So Stories" and "Jungle Book" of Rudyard Kipling) first received magazine publication in 1905. For