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Title: The Pioneers
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Narrator: Jim Killavey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-28-06
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 45 votes
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
This is the fourth in Cooper's series of five books known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which were arranged according to the chronology of their hero, Natty Bumpo.
Critic Reviews:
"The Pioneers is a rich chronicle of early frontier life filled with action, adventure, romance, and history." (The Literature Network)
Members Reviews:
Excellent and Insightful
This book has has many strange twists and turns and is both historical, in the broad sense of historical fiction, and an adventure story. It is written, as were most books back then in a rather rambling and wordy style. This was, after all, way before radio and TV and people liked their entertainment to last. Some readers of today, however, may not have the patience for a work like this. I like to do a little research on the classics I get and found an encyclopedia article that said the book "may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States." ( from Wikipedia.org ) That statement intrigued me but turned out to be quite true. There are many discussions in it about conservation and the use of natural resources. Amazing insight
for its time! The narrator was pretty good but made what I thought were a few pronunciation errors. However I checked them out and they were ok - alternatives pronunciations in a couple of cases, but acceptable.
Five Stars
Very good not as good as Deerslayer
Where does The Pioneers rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
Medium it is not as good as the previous books
Would you be willing to try another book from James Fenimore Cooper? Why or why not?
Yes
Have you listened to any of Jim Killaveys other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes very good
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
After the wilderness
Any additional comments?
Good book finishes his other stories that were great.
Poor recording
I very much enjoyed the novel. I was very irritated by the lack of any space between the chapters. Often the new chapter would cut off the last part of the final sentence from the previous chapter. Other than that, I enjoyed part 4 in the Leatherstocking series.
Only if you live in the Leatherstocking Region
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I live here, in the hills of James Fenimore Cooper; so while his narrative drags (it's his first novel, I believe, and characterization? Plot? etc etc seem largely unknown... ) the book offers a picture of life in the 18th century,. For that alone it is fascinating. The pigeon slaughter, the sugaring, the snow... Then aside from Cooper's flaws, the narration was super strange-- tinny voice, reverb, weird skips.
Painfully bad reading of a 1790's country tale
An interesting account of social rituals and the invasions of government into rural life in the 1790's, nearly ruined by the worst reader who has ever massacred a book. Does he pause after every four words hallucinating nonexistent commas, or is he short-winded? Does he accent the wrong words in every sentence because he is reading the text for the first time? The mispronounciations are the least of his sins. This would be a charming comedy of up-country manners, frontier politics, and Revolution-era diction, but the tour is made painful by the halting, spavined nag we are forced to ride.
