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In a forest divided by war, whom can two sisters trust to lead them safely home?
In James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, Cora and Alice Munro travel toward their father’s British fort. It is the summer of 1757, and Britain and France fight for North America. Their escort, Duncan Heyward, knows little of the forest. Their guide, Magua, gives him growing reason for doubt.
On the trail, they meet Hawkeye, a white scout raised among the Delaware people, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas. Ambushes, escapes and pursuits test their courage and trust. Beneath the adventure, Cooper asks what loyalty means when friendship, family and rival powers make competing claims—and whose future those powers threaten.
What you’ll discover
- Shelter behind rushing water Follow Hawkeye toward hidden caves, where the forest’s dangers press close.
- A scout’s personal code Meet a man whose loyalty to his friends matters more than any flag.
- Two sisters under pressure Watch Cora face danger with dignity while trying to keep Alice safe.
- A landscape worth lingering over Pause beside waterfalls, hillsides and campfires as Cooper gives the wilderness its presence.
- Hard questions beneath adventure Explore race, cultural identity and the fate of peoples caught in a growing nation’s path.
Who will love it
For readers who love frontier adventure, historical settings and stories of pursuit, and anyone curious about how Americans first imagined their own past. Its conflicts explore loyalty, honour and cultural identity as empires, tribes and families pull in different directions.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Two sisters set out for a fort
- A scout and two Mohicans appear
- The cave behind the waterfall
- Captured, rescued, and driven to the fort
- A siege, a letter, and a surrender
- The column breaks and the sisters vanish
- The chase through the Huron country
- Race, blood, and a vanishing people
- Loyalty, honour, and rival codes
- How Cooper builds the world and the tale
Who’s who
- HawkeyeA white scout raised among the Delaware people, known for his long rifle and plain speech, who wants to protect his friends and stay true to his own code.
- ChingachgookA grave Mohican chief and Hawkeye's closest friend, who carries the memory of his shrinking people and wants to guard what remains of his line.
- UncasChingachgook's young son, swift, brave and proud, who wants to prove himself and to protect those he comes to care for.
- Cora MunroThe elder daughter of Colonel Munro, steady and clear-minded, who wants to keep her sister safe and face danger with dignity.
- Alice MunroCora's younger sister, fair, gentle and fearful, who wants only to reach her father and be safe.
- Duncan HeywardA young British major who escorts the sisters, brave but new to the forest, and who hopes to protect Alice and do his duty.
- MaguaA Huron guide called the Subtle Fox, clever and bitter, who nurses an old humiliation and wants revenge against Colonel Munro.
- David GamutA tall, awkward singing master who travels with the sisters, armed only with psalms and a pitch pipe, and who wants to serve with faith.
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Der letzte Mohikaner
by James Fenimore Cooper · 1826
Two sisters set out for a wilderness fort, where war turns their journey to reach their father into a fight for safety.
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The Last of the Mohicans is an American adventure novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in 1826. It is set in the summer of 1757, in the middle of the war between Britain and France for North America.
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Two sisters set out for a fort
The story opens in 1757, when France and Britain are fighting for control of North America. Each side has Native allies, and the lands between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain are a dangerous no man's land. At Fort Edward, a British post on the Hudson, a small party prepares to travel north to Fort William Henry, which stands on the shore of Lake George. Its commander is Colonel Munro, a stern Scottish officer. His two daughters are coming to join him.
The sisters could hardly be more different. Cora, the elder, is dark haired, steady and quick to think. Alice, the younger, is fair, gentle and easily frightened, and she is the one everyone wants to protect. Cooper sets them side by side from the first pages, and the contrast matters later. Their father loves them both, but he has lived through hard years, and the book lets us see what those years cost him.
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What is The Last of the Mohicans about?
It tells of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, who travel through the wilderness in 1757 to join their father at Fort William Henry. Magua betrays them, and the scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends help them.
Is The Last of the Mohicans a true story?
No, the characters are invented, but the setting is real. It uses the French and Indian War of the 1750s and the siege of Fort William Henry in 1757. Cooper published the novel in 1826.
Who is Hawkeye in The Last of the Mohicans?
Hawkeye is a white frontier scout raised among the Delaware people. The French call him La Longue Carabine for his long rifle. He appears in four other Leatherstocking novels under the name Natty Bumppo.
The author
James Fenimore Cooper
1789–1851 · American historical novelist
James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1789. He grew up in Cooperstown, New York, and lived in Europe from 1826 to 1833. He wrote The Spy (1821), The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), and The Deerslayer (1841). He died in Cooperstown in 1851.
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