The Last of the Mohicans (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Cooper, James Fenimore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019283505X ISBN 13: 9780192835055

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1998

Caution! No English version! Polish release.

Review:

"I think these World's Classics editions are really fine. The notes are meaningful and very useful to students, yet the way they are indicated in the text is not intrusive. Great job!."--Grace Epstein, Stephens College "[An] excellent inexpensive paperback edition. Much better quality than equivilant volumes. The explanatory notes are a valuable addition."--Jeff Cupp, Troy State University "'Historical Contexts' concise yet thorough. Apparatus generally very satisfying in its relevance and thoroughness."--Fred R. McFadden, Coppin State College "At last, a paperback book under $4.00! this edition is indeed a "World Classic."--Paul Putt, Lee College "Introductory material and historical notes are helpful."--Dr. Judy L. Martin, Missouri Western State College "I think these World's Classics editions are really fine. The notes are meaningful and very useful to students, yet the way they are indicated in the text is not intrusive. Great job!."--Grace Epstein, Stephens College "[An] excellent inexpensive paperback edition. Much better quality than equivilant volumes. The explanatory notes are a valuable addition."--Jeff Cupp, Troy State University "'Historical Contexts' concise yet thorough. Apparatus generally very satisfying in its relevance and thoroughness."--Fred R. McFadden, Coppin State College "At last, a paperback book under $4.00! this edition is indeed a "World Classic."--Paul Putt, Lee College "Introductory material and historical notes are helpful."--Dr. Judy L. Martin, Missouri Western State College "I think these World's Classics editions are really fine. The notes are meaningful and very useful to students, yet the way they are indicated in the text is not intrusive. Great job!."--Grace Epstein, Stephens College "[An] excellent inexpensive paperback edition. Much better quality than equivilant volumes. The explanatory notes are a valuable addition."--Jeff Cupp, Troy State University "'Historical Contexts' concise yet thorough. Apparatus generally very satisfying in its relevance and thoroughness."--Fred R. McFadden, Coppin State College "At last, a paperback book under $4.00! this edition is indeed a "World Classic."--Paul Putt, Lee College "Introductory material and historical notes are helpful."--Dr. Judy L. Martin, Missouri Western State College "I think these World's Classics editions are really fine. The notes are meaningful and very useful to students, yet the way they are indicated in the text is not intrusive. Great job!."--Grace Epstein, Stephens College "[An] excellent inexpensive paperback edition. Much better quality than equivilant volumes. The explanatory notes are a valuable addition."--Jeff Cupp, Troy State University "'Historical Contexts' concise yet thorough. Apparatus generally very satisfying in its relevance and thoroughness."--Fred R. McFadden, Coppin State College "At last, a paperback book under $4.00! this edition is indeed a "World Classic."--Paul Putt, Lee College "Introductory material and historical notes are helpful."--Dr. Judy L. Martin, Missouri Western State College

About the Author:

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) grew up at Otsego Hall, his father's manorial estate near Lake Otsego in upstate New York. Educated at Yale, he spent five years at sea, as a foremast hand and then as a midshipman in the navy. At thirty he was suddenly plunged into a literary career when his wife challenged his claim that he could write a better book that the English novel he was reading to her. The result was Precaution (1820), a novel of manners. His second book, The Spy (1821), was an immediate success, and with The Pioneers (1823) he began his series of Leatherstocking Tales. By 1826 when The Last of the Mohicans appeared, his standing as a major novelist was clearly established. From 1826 to 1833 Cooper and his family lived and traveled in France, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. Two of his most successful works, The Prairie and The Red Rover, were published in 1827. He returned to Otsego Hall in 1834, and after a series of relatively unsuccessful books of essays, travel sketches, and history, he returned to fiction - and to Leatherstocking - with The Pathfinder (1840) and The Deerslayer (1841). In his last decade he faced declining popularity brought on in part by his waspish attacks on critics and political opponents. Just before his death in 1851 an edition of his works led to a reappraisal of his fiction and somewhat restored his reputation as the first of American writers.

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 019283505X
• ISBN 13: 9780192835055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: McWilliams John