Fiction • Bumppo appears as a character in
John Myers Myers' novel
Silverlock (1949). • The character
Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, from
M*A*S*H, takes his nickname from the Native American name given to Natty Bumppo. In both the TV series and
the original Richard Hooker novel on which it is based, it is stated that
The Last of the Mohicans is the only book Pierce's father had ever read. • Bumppo is known as Dan'l "Hawkeye" Bonner in
Sara Donati's novel series, beginning with
Into the Wilderness, meant as a sequel to The Leatherstocking books. The series centers on Hawkeye and Cora's son, Nathaniel Bonner. • Bumppo is featured in the comic book series
Jack of Fables, both in name and as "Hawkeye", along with Slue-Foot Sue (
Pecos Bill's first wife). • Bumppo is referred to in the graphic novel series
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as being part of the 18th-century incarnation of the league. • Near the end of
Mississippi Jack, the fifth in the best-selling
Bloody Jack series of female adventures by
L.A. Meyer, an adopted white
Shawnee called Lightfoot, a rifleman who always travels with his native Shawnee "brother", reveals his white surname to be "Bumpus" in an obvious tribute to Cooper's Natty Bumppo. Thinly veiled or unveiled characters from the history and culture of the time of the Leatherstocking novels is a repeating feature of the Bloody Jack book series. • The
Marvel Comics character
Hawkeye takes his name from Natty Bumppo, whom he portrayed during his time as a carnival marksman before becoming a superhero. • The character Gus Brannhard adopts a Fuzzy and names him
Natty Bumppo in
H. Beam Piper's novel
Fuzzies and Other People (). •
Song of the Mohicans, written by Paul Block (Bantam Books, 1985, ), is a direct sequel to
The Last of the Mohicans. Taking up the story a few days after Uncas' death and burial, it recounts the adventures of Hawkeye and
Chingachgook as they travel north to discover the connection between an
Oneida brave and the Mohican tribe, and whether a
sachem truly holds the key to the ultimate fate of the Mohicans. • Natty Bumppo is featured in the Marvel comic
Deadpool Killustrated, as part of a group of time-traveling heroes (
Beowulf,
Hua Mulan, and
Sherlock Holmes and his partner
Dr. Watson), intent on stopping Deadpool from killing all literary characters. • Tinker, a major character in Amor Towles' novel,
Rules of Civility, wants to be Natty Bumppo for the day. • There is an intelligent dog named Natty Bumppo in John Brunner's novel "Shockwave Rider". • Natty Bumppo appears as a character in
Diana Gabaldon's eighth
Outlander series novel, ''
Written in My Own Heart's Blood''. • Natty Bumppo, referred to as “Nasty” Bumppo, makes an appearance in
Thomas King’s 1993 novel
Green Grass, Running Water, in a scene in which he sets out to kill Old Woman, whom he calls “Chingachgook.” • Natty Bumppo, referred to also as
Davey Shipman, is a character in Lauren Groff's novel
The Monsters of Templeton, along with
Chingachgook and James Franklin Temple, a version of the author
James Fenimore Cooper. • Natty Bumppo is referenced as a nickname in
Leif Enger's
Peace Like A River. Mascots University of Iowa's mascot, the Hawkeye was taken from
The Last of the Mohicans novel.
Music Natty Bumppo was the name of several pop music bands in the 1970s, including bands from Dayton, Ohio, and central Utah.
People Natty Bumppo is the name of the author of
The Columbus Book Of Euchre and
House Of Evil.
Postage stamps In 1989, the
Soviet Union issued a series of
postage stamps depicting themes of Cooper's
The Leatherstocking Tales.
Sculptures and memorials , Germany • The
Lederstrumpfbrunnen (
Leatherstocking fountain) in
Edenkoben (Germany) contains a life-sized statue of Natty Bumppo • The British sculptor
Thomas Nicholls designed a wooden sculpture of Natty Bumppo as part of an ensemble of six figures of American literature. The ensemble belongs to the interior design of
Two Temple Place, London.
Media • In
Total War: Warhammer II the Skaven unit roster features a specialty unit named Natty Buboe’s Sharpshooters, who utilize long rifles to fire projectiles at an exceptionally long range. This unit also appeared on the tabletop in
Warhammer Armies: Skaven (7th Edition). == References ==