The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans

By James Fenimore Cooper

  • Release Date: 2009-06-01
  • Genre: Classics
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The Last of the Mohicans is the second book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, and remains his best-known work. It is a historical novel set in the French and Indian war in New York, and centers around the massacre of surrendered Anglo-American troops. The two daughters of the British commander are kidnapped, but rescued by the last two Mohicans. The title comes from a quote by Tamanend: "I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans".