cooper, james fenimore

The second and the most famous of Cooper's five Leatherstocking tales, The Last of the Mohicans, is set in 1757 during the French and Indian wars and follows the scout Hawkeye and his Indian companion, Chingachgook, through the wilderness of upstate New York as they try to save the daughters of a fort commander from the Huron Indians.

Offers students a comprehensive overview of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, discussing his breakthrough novels that reflect the challenges and triumphs of American history and critical response to his work.

Considers Cooper's fiction as a whole, unified by a consistent moral theme. Includes a chronology.

A graphic adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," in which Hawkeye, a young frontier scout, and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian, form an unlikely friendship as they guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile country during the French and Indian War.