The Last of the Mohicans: James Fenimore Cooper's Masterpiece (Timeless Classic Books)
- ISBN-10
- 1453887164
- ISBN-13
- 9781453887165
- Series
- The Last of the Mohicans
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-29
- Author
- James Cooper
Description
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists.Cooper named a principal character Uncas after a well-known Mohegan sachem who had been an ally of the English in 17th-century Connecticut. Cooper seemed to confuse or merge the names of the two tribes. Cooper's well-known book helped confuse popular understanding of the tribes to the present day.After the death of John Uncas in 1842, the last surviving male descendant of Uncas, the Newark Daily Advertiser wrote, "Last of the Mohegans Gone", lamenting the extinction of the tribe. The writer did not realize the Mohegan people still existed. They continue to survive today and are a federally recognized tribe, based in Connecticut.The novel was one of the most popular in English in its time. The Last of the Mohicans remains widely read in American literature courses.The character Chingachgook speaks a line that holds the title, saying, "When Uncas follows in my footsteps, there will no longer be any of the blood of the sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans." The title is also referred to near the end of the book, when Tamenund says, "I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans."
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