The Last of the Mohicans
Skirmishes, captures, flights and rescues are only some of the ingredients in this classic tale of bloody conflict between the British and the French in the forests of North America. The story also tells of the cynical exploitation of the native tribes by the two protagonists, setting Indian...
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Skirmishes, captures, flights and rescues are only some of the ingredients in this classic tale of bloody conflict between the British and the French in the forests of North America. The story also tells of the cynical exploitation of the native tribes by the two protagonists, setting Indian against Indian, Mohican against Huron.However, there is one honourable European, Natty Bumppo, the loyal and courageous woodsman, who prefers the simple code of natural law to the machina
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853260490 (1853260495)
Publish date: July 7th 1992
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Pages no: 359
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
War,
19th Century
Series: The Leatherstocking Tales (#2)
Po "Winnetou" przyszedł czas na kolejną powieść o Indianach i białych, którzy muszą jakoś żyć ze sobą. Nie mam pojęcia, dlaczego myślałam, iż ta powieść będzie przypominać "Winnetou". Przecież oczywistym powinno być dla mnie, że choć obie poruszają się w tematyce indiańskiej, są całkiem innymi opo...
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.
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