Ranger, or on the shores of Ontario

The action of the “Ranger” (1840)-the third novel of the Pentagogy of the American writer James Fenimore Cooper about Nathanael Bampo (also known to the reader under the nicknames of St. John"s wort, leather stocking and falcon eye)-occurs in 1759, in the midst of the Franco-Indian war, on waters and shores on the waters and shores Lake Ontario, one of the North American Great Lakes, where the author spent about five years at the time of military service. Dangerous meetings in forest wilds, a risky descent along the empty river, skirmishes with the French and Indians and other adventures serve in the “Ranger” with a colorful romantic background for the story of Natti Bampo"s love for his old friend, nineteen -year -old Mabel Dunham, about his rivalry for the girl’s feelings With young Jasper Western and about self -sacrifice for the sake of someone else"s happiness