The Last of the Mohicans: Penguin Popular Classics - Softcover

Cooper, James Fenimore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140624317 ISBN 13: 9780140624311

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Cooper's most enduringly popular novel combines heroism and romance with powerful criticism of the destruction of nature and tradition.

Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, who are struggling to be reunited with their father. They are aided in their perilous journey by Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his companions Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. But their lives are endangered by the Mangua, the savage Indian traitor who captures the sisters, wanting Cora to be his squaw.

In setting Indian against Indian and the brutal society of the white man against the civilization of the Mohican, Cooper, more than any author before or since, shaped the American sense of itself as a nation.

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Review:

"... had his (J.F. Cooper) characterizations been sharper, he would have been the master novelist of us all." - Honoré de Balzac

From the Back Cover:

A massacre at a colonial garrison, the kidnapping of two pioneer sisters by Iroquois tribesmen, the treachery of a renegade brave, and the ambush of innocent settlers create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of American frontier life in this classic 18th-century adventure--the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.
First published in 1826, the story--set in the forests of upper New York State during the French and Indian War--movingly portrays the relationship between Hawkeye, a gallant, courageous woodsman, and his loyal Mohican friends, Chingachgook and Uncas. Embroiled in one of the war's bloody battles, they attempt to lead the abducted Munro sisters to safety but find themselves instead in the midst of a final, tragic confrontation between rival war parties.
Imaginative and innovative, The Last of the Mohicans quickly became the most widely read work of the day, solidifying the popularity of America's first successful novelist in the United States and Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0140624317
• ISBN 13: 9780140624311
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416