The old trapper Natty Bumppo, now on the western plains, aids settlers among warring tribes in his final adventure. The last of the Leatherstocking Tales.
Books mentioned in The Prairie (12)
As You Like It by William Shakespeare: “Go apart, Adam, and thou shalt hear How he will shake me up. —As you like it.”
Richard III by William Shakespeare: “Up with my tent: here will I lie to-night, But where, to-morrow?—Well, all’s one for that —Richard the Third.”
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood, as any in Italy; and as soon mov'd to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved. --Romeo and Juliet.”
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare: “--With much more dismay, I view the fight, than those that make the fray. --Merchant of Venice.”
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare: “Then why should we be tender To let an arrogant piece of flesh threat us! Play judge and executioner. --Cymbeline.”
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “What! fifty of my followers, at a clap! —Lear.”
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare: “That dissembling abominable varlet, Diomed, has got that same scurvy, doting, foolish young knave in his helm. --Troilus and Cressida.”
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare: “Priscian a little scratch’d; ’Twill serve. —Love’s Labour Lost.”
King John by William Shakespeare: “So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --King John.”
Henry VI by William Shakespeare: “Pray God the Duke of York excuse himself! --King Henry VI.”
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “O, a pit of clay for to be made For such a guest is meet. —Song in Hamlet.”
Henry IV by William Shakespeare: “shut the door;—there come no swaggerers here: I have not lived all this while, to have swaggering now: shut the door, I pray you. —King Henry IV.”