THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

Set against the wild landscapes of North America, at the novels center is the celebrated "Massacre" of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper builds a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality and heroism in which the destiny of the Mohican Chingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawk-eye the frontier scout.

WATERSHIP DOWN BY RICHARD ADAMS

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and certain destruction of their home.  Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.