The Last of the Mohicans Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition
by James Fenimore Cooper; Paul C. Gutjahr (Editor)
About this book
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimoore Cooper is the second and best-known book of his Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy. Like the rest of the books in the series, the story follows the adventures of Natty Bumppo, nicknamed “Hawkeye” by his Native American friends. Set in 1757 in the American wilderness that would become New York State, The Last of the Mohicans takes place during the Seven Years' War (known in America as the French and Indian War). The book is widely read in American Literature courses, particularly in discussions of westward expansion and Native American assimilation, although Cooper himself was considered sympathetic towards Native Americans.
From the rear cover
The Last of the Mohicans enjoyed tremendous popularity both in America and abroad, offering its readers not only a variation on the immensely popular traditional captivity narrative of the time, but also characters that would become iconic figures in the young nation's emerging literature. The novel's central action follows Leatherstocking and his two faithful friends, Chingachgook and Uncas, as they come to the aid of two daughters of a British officer seeking to become reunited with their father. The novel provides insights into Cooper's own thinking on Native American and White relations during the early national period, revealing a profound ambivalence to the reality that the rising fortunes of the young United States meant the declining fortunes of the nation's Native American inhabitants.
First Edition Identification
The Last of the Mohicans was first published in two volumes by H.C. Carey & I. Lea in Philadelphia in 1826. First editions contain a number of identifiable points of issue including page 89 mispaged 93 and bound after page 91/92 and Chapter XVI numbered XIV in Volume I (page 243). First editions of The Last of the Mohicans have sold for $15,000 to $30,000.
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- Title The Last of the Mohicans
- Author James Fenimore Cooper; Paul C. Gutjahr (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 460
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Broadview Press Inc, Toronto
- Date 2009-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9781551118666 / 1551118661
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Topical: Country/Cowboy
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Frontier and pioneer life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009504170
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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