"A rousing frontier saga."-The Washington Post
"(Cooper's) sympathy is large, and his humor is as genuine--and as
perfectly unaffected--as his art."-Joseph Conrad The Last of the
Mohicans (1826) is the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's
Leatherstocking Tales. The continuing adventures of the peerless
frontiersman Hawkeye, also known as Natty Bumppo among other monikers,
is an unforgettable saga of the frontier life of early America.
Set during the French and Indian Wars of mid-eighteenth century, this
hair-raising historical novel opens as the French army is attacking Fort
William Henry, a British fort in Western New York commanded by the
withdrawn Colonel Munro. In the forest between Fort William Henry and
another distant British outpost, Munro's daughters Alice and Cora, are
escorted through the dangerous terrain by Major Heyward and a Huron
Indian named Magua. When the group crosses their path with the white
frontiersman Natty Bumppo and his Indian companions, Heyward is warned
that they are being betrayed by Magua, and the group is not being led to
Fort William Henry. Magua runs to the woods, and the group is lead to
safety by Natty and the two remaining members of the Mohican tribe,
Chingachgok and his son Uncas. Next morning, the group is attacked by a
gang of the Huron tribe, and all are captured with the exception of
Natty Bumppo and the mohicans. In the ensuing events of this
extraordinary novel, the conflicts of battle, love, and race are
unfolded against a thrilling adventure story. This classic of American
literature has been adapted into numerous films, including the 1992
version starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of The Last of the Mohicans is both modern and readable.
