by James Fenimore Cooper
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I decided to pick up this "classic" after I finished reading William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic -- an excellent history of the Cooper family.William Cooper (James Fenimore Cooper's father) was one of those rogues who, after many New York State ...
Such a sad and beautifully written book.
The descriptions of upstate New York were very well written, though the plot was a bit of a let down. A rather enlightened (for the time period) view of Native Americans, though shallow about the culture.
It really isn't quite my kind of the thing but it is an interesting read. It's littered with things that show a lot about the world it was written in and the life on the frontier. The women seem to be there to be rescued and honestly I preferred the film rather than the story. If I had read it wh...
OK, let's start with what I enjoyed about this classic - great story and wonderful characters. In this book you really get a good mental picture of Hawkeye, the scout, and Uncas, the last purebred Mohican chief. You fall in love with Cora's heroism and you detest Magua as a treacherous villain. Now,...
Like the only prostitute in town, it's very popular and good fun at first, but after a time it ain't so pretty, and jesus christ, why won't it just shut the fuck up!Very popular in its time, The Last of the Mohicans is a historical fiction written in the 1820s and set in the 1750s during the French ...
Technically I only finished The Last Of The Mohicans, but it's a novel in itself so it counts. Anyhoo, I loved the book. Once you get past the nineteenth century prose, it's really a great story. It's a story of adventure and friendship, loyalty and revenge, of newly made bonds and loss. This bo...
A must read classic for everyone, those who've seen the movie, those who haven't and those who will want to see the movie again after reading this book (yes, I'm one of them).I absolutely loved it and it just might be better than the Hollywood version. ;)
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