Classic / American English (Available February 2008) Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls s[...]
Classic / American English
Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?[...]
The most popular and memorable of the "Leatherstocking Tales": set in the rugged wilderness of upper New York State during the brutal French and Indian War, it tells the story of the Munro sisters, daughters of a commander in the British army. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introd[...]
A gorgeously crafted edition of a great American classic--James Fenimore Cooper's epic tale of frontier life during the French and Indian War, complete with lush tip-in illustrations.
Chingachgook and Uncas are the last living members of the great Mohican tribe. Hawkeye, a colonial scout, is the[...]
The definitive edition of Cooper's great epic of the American frontier, now in a dramatic boxed set. Here, presented in their order of composition and in the most authoritative texts available, are all five classic novels: "The Pioneers," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Pathfinder," [...]
The first of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales," "The Pioneers" introduces the character of Natty Bumppo, one of literature's most unforgettable heroes, an outsider on the advancing edge of a civilization he can neither abide nor escape. Bumppo makes his first appearance here as an aged hunter living [...]
The American Revolution comes to vivid life in two dramatic tales of espionage, intrigue, and romance from the author of The Last of Mohicans With his second novel, The Spy A Tale of the Neutral Ground, in 1821, James Cooper (the Fenimore would come later) found his true voice and what became his mo[...]
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was America's first novelist, celebrated for his masterpiece, /The Last of the Mohicans/. Over a prolific career he created a national mythology that endures to this day. According to Daniel Webster, "We may read the nation's history in his life." Yet Cooper was als[...]
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns--in part--a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidn[...]
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 confl[...]
The Deerslayer is the culmination of James Fenimore Cooper's 'Leather-Stocking' novels, featuring Natty Bumppo (the deer-slaying young frontiersman) and the Mohican chief, Chingachgook. Cooper portrays the hubris of the conquest of a vast territory. The action takes place during the American wars of[...]
Romance, war, adventure, danger: no wonder James Fenimore Cooper's novel has inspired countless film and TV adaptations. The Last of the Mohicans is an epic tale of American frontier life, set in the colonial era when the French and the English fought for control of the New World--and needed the hel[...]
Den siste mohikanen (1826) är den bästa av Coopers romaner i Skinnstrumpa-serien. Den serien kan sägas vara ansvarig för att ha populariserat indianboken som självständig genre. Coopers böcker fortsätter att vara några av de mest lästa romanerna i världen, och har haft ett enormt inflytan[...]
Den siste mohikanen (1826) är den bästa av Coopers romaner i Skinnstrumpa-serien. Den serien kan sägas vara ansvarig för att ha populariserat indianboken som självständig genre. Coopers böcker fortsätter att vara några av de mest lästa romanerna i världen, och har haft ett enormt inflytan[...]
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The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.[...]