In F. Cooper's novel “Gleades in the Oak Trees” the reader will find much of what has long become a “family” feature of this writer’s works: a description of the life and way of life of the country’s indigenous inhabitants - Indians and white settlers; numerous hunting scenes; love that sweeps away the most unimaginable obstacles; loyalty to the word once given and the willingness to prove this loyalty at the cost of one’s own life... Written in one breath, the practically unknown novel today will not leave indifferent either those who appreciate a sharp, constantly suspenseful plot, or those who are interested in the conditions under which the development of the American continent at the beginning of the last century.