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| Edition: | Marvel (Paperback) |
| Author: | James Fenimore Cooper |
| Published: | November 2008 |
| Pages: | 184 |
| ISBN 10: | 0785124446 |
| New: | $5.08 (19) |
| Used: | $5.09 (9) |
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The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.
It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. Although stylistic and narrative flaws left it open to criticism since its publication, and its length and distinctive prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers, The Last of the Mohicans remains embedded in American literature courses. It is the most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales, and Cooper wrote his next Leatherstocking novel The Prairie in continuity with it.
The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and England battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the English, with unpredictable and often tragic results.
Mohicans was the second book by Cooper, following Pioneers in 1823, to feature the pioneer Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo, who is known variously throughout The Leatherstocking Tales as Deerslayer, Hawkeye, Pathfinder, Leatherstocking or simply as The Scout. Bumppo was a personification of rugged individualism and pioneer spirit that remains central to the American identity to this day.
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a massacre of a colonial garrison and a fictional kidnapping of two sisters, who were the daughters of the commander of Fort William Henry. Parts of the story may have been derived from the capture and death of Jane McCrea, in July 1777 near Fort Edward, New York, by members of an Algonquian tribe.
