James Fenimore Cooper

Last of the Mohicans (eBook, PDF)

A Narrative of 1757

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Last of the Mohicans is the second book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, and remains his best-known work. It is a historical novel set in the French and Indian war in New York, and centers around the massacre of surrendered Anglo-American troops. The two daughters of the British commander are kidnapped, but rescued by the last two Mohicans. The title comes from a quote by Tamanend: "e;I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans"e;.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781775415763
• Artikelnr.: 56826613

Autorenporträt

James Fenimore Cooper is considered by many to be America's first great novelist born in New Jersey. His most popular work, The Last of the Mohicans, has remained one of the most widely read novels throughout the world, Greatly influencing the way many cultures have viewed both the American Indians and the frontier period of U.S. history. In 1820, when reading a contemporary novel to his wife Susan, he decided to try his hand at fiction, resulting in a neophyte novel set in England he called Precaution. Its focus on morals and manners was influenced by Jane Austen's approach to fiction.