The Pioneers (novel)

The Pioneers (novel)

The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale

First edition title page
Author(s) James Fenimore Cooper
Country United States
Language English
Series Leatherstocking
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Charles Wiley
Publication date 1823
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 2 vol.
ISBN NA
Followed by The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
For the Jamaican band, see The Pioneers (band)

The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically.

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