James Fenimore Cooper

Gebundenes Buch

The Last of the Mohicans

Beschreibung

A mission to escort turns into a mission of rescue in this classic tale set in colonial America during the French and Indian War. It is 1757. Across north-eastern America, the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict parallels older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonizers. Through these layers of conflict James Fenimore Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner,' they find help in the person of Hawk-eye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe.

Autor

James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789, was an American author. He wrote authentic romantic stories portraying colonist and Native characters from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. His most popular work is The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as a masterpiece. James Fenimore Cooper was the 11th offspring of William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper. He wedded Susan Augusta de Lancey at Mamaroneck, Westchester Area, New York on January 1, 1811. The Coopers had seven children, but only five of them live to adulthood. The Last of the Mohicans (1826) was written in New York City where Cooper and his family resided. It became one of the most-read American books of the nineteenth century. The series includes the racial friendship of Natty Bumppo with the Delaware Indians. In 1826, Cooper moved his family to Europe to acquire more income from his books. He became friends with painters Samuel Morse and Gilbert du Motier and Marquis de Lafayette. In 1832, he entered the list as a political writer in a series of letters to Le National.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9781667169460
• ISBN-10: 1667169467
• Artikelnr.: 61813561