The Last of the Mohicans
Leatherstocking Tales Volume 2
Reeks: Leatherstocking Tales
James Fenimore Cooper
- It
- is
- 1757
- and
- the
- Seven
- Years’
- War,
- waged
- between
- the
- British
- and
- French
- colonies,
- has
- torn
- across
- western
- New
- York.
- Colonel
- Munro,
- who
- holds
- charge
- of
- the
- British
- Fort
- William
- Henry,
- believes
- he
- is
- sending
- his
- daughters
- away
- from
- danger
- with
- a
- Native
- American
- escort
- named
- Magua.
- But
- when
- Magua
- abducts
- the
- girls,
- Natty
- Bumppo,
- also
- known
- as
- Hawkeye,
- and
- his
- Mohican
- companions,
- Uncas
- and
- Chingachook,
- witness
- the
- cowardly
- act
- and
- set
- out
- rescue
- the
- two
- Munro
- sisters.James
- Fenimore
- Cooper’s
- The
- Last
- of
- the
- Mohicans
- remains
- a
- highly
- regarded
- historical
- account
- of
- colonization
- in
- the
- Americas
- and
- the
- effects
- of
- European
- migration
- on
- the
- indigenous
- population.
- While
- commonly
- studied
- in
- the
- classroom,
- Cooper’s
- work
- has
- also
- been
- adapted
- for
- the
- stage,
- opera,
- and
- film,
- most
- famously
- in
- the
- 1992
- film
- starring
- Daniel
- Day-Lewis.HarperPerennial
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- forms.
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