The Last of the Mohicans (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- First Published: 1826
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1757
- Setting: Northern New York State
- Principal Characters: Natty Bumppo, Chingachgook, Uncas, Major Duncan Heyward, Magua, Cora Munro, Alice Munro
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Interracial relationships, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Native Americans or American Indians, Eighteenth century, Revenge, Soldiers, Massacres, Prisoners of war, Tracking or trailing, Battles, Frontier or pioneer life, Fortresses
- Locales: New York
The Story:
Major Duncan Heyward had been ordered to escort Cora and Alice Munro from Fort Edward to Fort William Henry, where the girls’ father, Colonel Munro, was commandant. Also in the party was David Gamut, a Connecticut singing master. On their way to Fort William Henry, they did not follow the military road through the wilderness. Instead, they placed themselves in the hands of a renegade Huron known as Magua, who claimed that he could lead them to their destination by a shorter trail.
It was afternoon when the little party met the woodsman Hawkeye and his...
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