The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea
by James Fenimore Cooperliterary work· published 1840
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Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs. A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts, The Pathfinder set the standard for epic action literature.
Adaptations (3)
The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea has been adapted 3 times, across film and television film, from 1952 to 1996. The most recent is The Pathfinder (1996).
The Pathfinder1952 · film · 78 min · dir. Sidney Salkow · IMDb ↗IMDb5.5Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who have brought death and pillage to his people. He takes on a mission to retrieve secret plans from within the French fort at St. Vicente.
The Pathfinder1987 · film · 91 min · dir. Pavel Lyubimov · IMDb ↗IMDb6.1Wild West adventures in this action movie based on famous "The Pathfinder" novel by James Fenimore Cooper.
The Pathfinder1996 · television film · 94 min · dir. Donald Shebib · IMDb ↗IMDb5.2In this sequel to The Last of the Mohicans, the Pathfinder (Kevin Dillon) defends a British fort under siege during the French and Indian Wars. His Indian father, Chingachgook (Graham Greene), and the lovely Mabel Dunham (Laurie Holden) are swept up in the battle, and the Pathfinder finds himself forced to choose between his father and the woman he loves. The film is based on last of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales."
