The Deerslayer or The First Warpath Author:James Fenimore Cooper 1926. The Deerslayer is one of Cooper's novels from his group of Leather-Stocking Tales. The series is named after the leggings worn by the character Natty Bumppo, the pioneer scout and natural man uncorrupted by civilization, who Cooper introduced in The Pioneers. The stories deal with the adventures of the frontier and present a colorful pictu... more »re of Indian and pioneer life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less