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If you have watched the film, then forget all you know! For me, the film came first, then I read the book and the two are as different as different could be. This is actually the second book in the Leatherstocking Tales written by Cooper. Just one piece of advice, remember that The Last of the Mohicans was written in 1826, and set some 75 years before that, so there are parts that will likely make you squirm. This is a trip into the past and all that goes with the mindset of those times. Having said that, I find this book endlessly fascinating and yes, I would recommend it.
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The Last of the Mohicans Synopsis
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'Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.'
Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper's story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas.
Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans.
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ISBN: |
9780007368662 |
Publication date: |
8th July 2010 |
Author: |
James Fenimore Cooper |
Publisher: |
William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: |
Paperback |
Pagination: |
416 pages |
Series: |
Collins Classics |
Primary Genre |
Classics
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