The last of the Mohicans / by James Fenimore Cooper.
By: Cooper, James Fenimore.
Contributor(s): Blair, David [contributor.].
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BookSeries: Wordsworth classics.Hertfordshire, UK : Wordsworth Editions Limited, ©1993Description: 350 pages ; 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781853260490.Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Fiction | Indians of North America | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- FictionDDC Call Number: FIC | C784l 1993 Summary: "Introduction and Notes by David Blair. University of Kent at Canterbury. It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner', they find help in the person of Hawkeye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe. Cooper's novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures."--
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APEC Marikina Heights Library Fiction | FIC C784l 1993 (Browse shelf) | Available | C02-0000050 | |
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APEC Las Piñas Library Fiction | FIC C784l 1993 (Browse shelf) | Available | C01-0000055 |
On cover: "Complete and unabridged.".
Includes bibliography.
"Introduction and Notes by David Blair. University of Kent at Canterbury. It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner', they find help in the person of Hawkeye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe. Cooper's novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures."--
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