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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

The last of the Mohicans / James Fenimore Cooper. - Ware : Wordsworth Classics, 1992 - 407 pages ; 18 cm. - Wordsworth classics . - Wordsworth classics. .

On cover: "Complete and unabridged."

Includes bibliographical references.



It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner', they find help in the person of Hawk-eye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe.
Cooper's novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practices of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures.



ISBN: 9781853260490

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9313375 bnb

Subjects--Meeting Names:
French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mohegan Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Fiction.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Western stories.

LC Class. No.: PS1408 / .A1 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 813.2 Fic