Posted by MMMMarcia on October 06, 1998 at 13:08:05:
In Reply to: Re: Apples and Oranges posted by Gayle on October 06, 1998 at 11:52:00:
Gayle wrote:
: Poor dear. You keep getting fired up and fired down, but I don't think you'll have so much trouble as you think connecting the Hawkeye you know and love with the Cooper character.
>>Then I'm ready to give it a shot! I just want to be able to imagine MY Hawkeye's face & form as I read!
:Natty is more contemplative, more primitive, and more stringently moral,
>>And TALKS a WHOLE lot more!!
:but the Mann character really can be superimposed, and it really comes out to be a rather nice combination.
>>OK, I'm trusting you now. I am determined to give it a try. Tell us all again the order in which we should attack these Tales.
:What I like about the books is following the character from young manhood to the time of his death,
>>Now here you've stumped me...MY Hawkeye is surely IMMORTAL!! I shall have to work hard on this issue of his eventual demise! Arrrgh!!
MMMMarcia