Bauer Books & James Fenimore Cooper 
The Deerslayer 

The Deerslayer is not just a story about a group of humans fighting over a lake, it is the story of the lake itself and the surrounding landscape. JFC crafts beautiful images of the region throughout the book, and in several places juxtaposes those images with later visions of how the lake is altered and disfigured by human activity, much to the dismay of his characters who love and respect the land.