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The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
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Description for The Last of the Mohicans
Paperback. Editor(s): McWilliams, John P., Jr. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
The second of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. Its success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racial hostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the eighteenth century. At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry ... Read more
The second of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. Its success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racial hostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the eighteenth century. At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538195
SKU
V9780199538195
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About James Fenimore Cooper
John P. McWilliams is Professor of American Literature at Middlebury College, Vermont.
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