Novels by James Fenimore Cooper (Study Guide) - The Last of the Mohicans, the Prairie, Leatherstocking Tales, the Pioneers, the Deerslayer (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Last of the Mohicans, the Prairie, Leatherstocking Tales, the Pioneers, the Deerslayer, the Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, the Crater, the Pilot: a Tale of the Sea. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' 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 with 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, although critics identified narrative flaws. Its length and formal prose style have limited its appeal to later readers. The Last of the Mohicans remains widely read in American literature courses. The story is set in the British province of New York during the Seven Years War. It features a Huron mass...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=37028