Oak Openings

By James Fenimore Cooper

Subjects: Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Accessible book, Fiction, historical, general, Anti-rent troubles, New York, 1839-1846, Historical fiction, Indians of North America, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Anti-rent troubles, New York, 1839-1846 in fiction, Classic Literature

Description: Best known for the novel “The Last of the Mohicans”, Cooper set this story in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo county after a visit. The bee-hunter is reportedly Bazel Harrison, Schoolcraft’s first settler. A woodsman finds himself in the middle of the War of 1812 and a Potawatomi attack with a British spy and an American army messenger. Set in southwestern Michigan.*