The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

Feb 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

About the author

James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789, and grew up in the frontier village of Cooperstown, New York, in the heart of the wilderness he was to immortalize in his novels. Cooper created two unique genres that were to become staples in American literature—the sea romance and the frontier adventure story. In The Last of the Mohicans (1826), Natty Bumppo becomes the well-loved Hawkeye, befriended by Chingachgook; the novel remains a favorite American classic. By the time of his death on September 14, 1851, Cooper was considered America’s “national novelist.”