The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth
- ISBN-10
- 1617035025
- ISBN-13
- 9781617035029
- Category
- Canon (Literature)
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Author
- Martin Barker
Description
Why does this book that everyone knows but that few have read continue to be perennially attractive for the media? In answer to this question, this study throws a new light on the idea of frontier and on the meaning of the American Dream.
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