The Oak Openings. or, the Bee-Hunter

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Oak Openings focuses on the activities of professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed 'Ben Buzz'. The novel is set in Kalamazoo, Michigan's Oak Opening, a wooded prairie during the War of 1812.