Illus. in black-and-white. This action-packed edition of James Fenimore Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the...
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Jan 18, 2009
Kirk
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I can still remember the edition of this that---somehow---I had in my room as a child. It was a hardback, dense type, the occasional woodcut, thin pages, tightly bound, and it smelled like it had been mouldering under somebody's bed since Martin Van Buren ass-ended to the presidency. Back then I couldn't for the life of me get past the first chapter. The syntax was so knotty (ie. Latinate) that I might have compared it to autoerotic asphyxiation if I'd known such a thing existed (autoeroticism,
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Dec 16, 2009
Ghoulchick
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Man alive, I hated that book. Again, I procrastinated and tried to jam the whole book into one weekend, since I had an oral book review due on Monday for history or social studies or something. God, why can't I even remember the name of the class? My sister will know. It was in high school, junior year, and the teacher - who later became our mayor wtf! - was totally hot. Balding, tan, charismatic, awesome. Every summer, he'd mow his yard. Shirtless. Good god, y'all. And he had a daughte
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Dec 29, 2011
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Mar 18, 2010
John
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I have to admit that, having finished this book about a week ago, I still don't know exactly what to make of it. From a pure entertainment perspective, The Last of the Mohicans is essentially the only book I have ever encountered where I feel that the movie adaptation was better. However, this stems from the fact that Cooper was making many powerful statements with this novel, essentially all of which were removed from the film. While the film was mainly just about adventure, the book actually h
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Oct 09, 2007
Kate
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Plot: 1. Hack your way through the forest. 2. Get ambushed by Mohicans. 3. Kill a bunch of Mohicans. 4. Hack your way through more forest. 5. There are those damn Mohicans again. 6. Kill a bunch more Mohicans. 7. start over at #1.
Somebody explain to me how this ever got to be a classic.
Somebody explain to me how this ever got to be a classic.
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Oct 04, 2010
Sherrie
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one of my all time favorite books. this is adventure and excitement set to coopers lyrical descriptions. loved it.
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Oct 06, 2009
Tim
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I first read this book when I was a boy, and decided to re-read it to see how it held up. The answer: very well.
In fact, I'd say that this book is a "must-read" for any American. Despite the fact that it's in no-way an accurate depiction of native American culture, it's a great reminder of what our landscape was like when our country was young. (If you're from California, Two Years Before the Mast performs a similar function.) Written in 1826, it was already 75 years pa More...
In fact, I'd say that this book is a "must-read" for any American. Despite the fact that it's in no-way an accurate depiction of native American culture, it's a great reminder of what our landscape was like when our country was young. (If you're from California, Two Years Before the Mast performs a similar function.) Written in 1826, it was already 75 years pa More...
Aug 05, 2010
Slayermel
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This story was amazing but hard to read, mostly because I found the author tended to be a bit wordy and overly descriptive when it came to the surroundings. I would tune out and think about other things then have to re-read the page I just spaced out over.
The story itself was full of action and very interesting characters. The author also included a lot of history, which I really enjoyed. I found the native cultures fascinating especially Uncas and his father who where Mohicans an More...
The story itself was full of action and very interesting characters. The author also included a lot of history, which I really enjoyed. I found the native cultures fascinating especially Uncas and his father who where Mohicans an More...
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Apr 10, 2008
Julie
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While not the first, this is certainly the most well-known of the five Leatherstocking Tales written by James Fenimore Cooper. Having seen the movie, I thought I would give the book a try. In addition, living in the Finger Lakes area made this book that much more interesting, because I could easily visualize the landscape behind Cooper's story. I really, really liked the characters. Prior to reading the book I had no idea that Hawkeye and Natty Bumppo were the same person... and it's still a li
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Mar 26, 2008
Eli
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I went into Last of the Mohicans knowing that it was by no means an accurate depiction of either the Native cultures or history that occupied so much of the tale. I approached the novel as an entire fabrication, and if anyone else elects to read this book, I strongly urge the same attitude. As to the story itself, I'm torn. Hiding in these pages is a truly great adventure, but the greatness - and sometimes the story itself - is obfuscated by the author's heavy-handed use of language. I sincerely
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Apr 08, 2010
Silvana
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For those who dislike lengthy narrative, detailed description on nature, terrain, wild life and people, they will not find this book entertaining. But those who love good adventure story with not too many shitty romance in it, well, this book might just be the one.
The year was 1757. The British and the French were fighting for land on the north eastern side of the current US soil, bordering with Canada. However, they're not the only ones in feud. The Indian tribe of Huron (Maqua/Iroqo More...
The year was 1757. The British and the French were fighting for land on the north eastern side of the current US soil, bordering with Canada. However, they're not the only ones in feud. The Indian tribe of Huron (Maqua/Iroqo More...
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Dec 26, 2008
Peter
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The Last of the Mohicans
J. Fenimore Cooper
Purnell and sons Ltd
Printed by Dean & Sons
This is an old book, but nevertheless and fantastic story. It is set in the Americas, where the French and British are in dispute over various territories. The local red-Indian tribes have moved from their traditional hunting grounds, either because they have to, or to follow their new masters.
We start out with a simple journey; two young women are to be escorted home through di More...
J. Fenimore Cooper
Purnell and sons Ltd
Printed by Dean & Sons
This is an old book, but nevertheless and fantastic story. It is set in the Americas, where the French and British are in dispute over various territories. The local red-Indian tribes have moved from their traditional hunting grounds, either because they have to, or to follow their new masters.
We start out with a simple journey; two young women are to be escorted home through di More...
Dec 24, 2011
Suzanne
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I thought this book was a very hard read (for my reading level anyways), although the actually contents of the story were fascinating. It's so amazing to think that this actually happened long ago. It was a bit gory, however, the action scenes were the best part. The main idea of the book is there are these three indians and they're the last of the Mohican clan and they're the good guys. Basically they are trying to get troops to this fort to fight because there is a war, but along the way some
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Dec 17, 2011
Lafcadio
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Let me start by saying that the movie is not only a slightly different story, the movie is a better story. The characters in the movie have more integrity. Also, the movie didn't spend 100 pages describing sticks.
An interesting question surfaced in my original copy of Trivial Pursuit:
Who was the first native American author?
In classic Trivial Pursuit style, the question is worded accurately, but it is very misleading. It is not asking about the first Native (c More...
An interesting question surfaced in my original copy of Trivial Pursuit:
Who was the first native American author?
In classic Trivial Pursuit style, the question is worded accurately, but it is very misleading. It is not asking about the first Native (c More...
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Nov 15, 2011
Rrshively
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This is a classic that I don't believe I have ever read. I had enjoyed the movie with Daniel Dey Lewis, however. This book was such a treat that I'm glad that I finally got to it. Because it is loaded with action it is easy to become involved and enjoy the book. While reading this book, I became so interested in the historical background that I looked up General Webb, General Monro, Fort William Henry, and the French and Indian War. Many of these websites referred to The Last of the Mohicans p
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Oct 26, 2011
Robin
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I thought this was book 2 in the Leather Stocking Series. When I read The Deerslayer, in some of the intro it stated that this book was #2. Not so much as to when it was written but in chronological order to the age and goings on the main character Natty Bumpo. UM FALSE! I mean if you're going to put that in printing don't you think it would behoove you to get the facts straight? Sheesh. So this is actually book 3 The Pathfinder would be #2 which I'll now have to jump back and read. Sigh.
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Oct 13, 2011
This was the longest book I have read yet. I thought overall it was pretty good. I chose to read it because I really like the movie that was based on it. The title of the movie was also "The Last of the Mohicans" and it starred Daniel Day Lewis. I thought I knew the story pretty well but the book was different in the things that happened to the characters. My favorite guy was Hawkeye also known as "La Lonuge Caribine". He was the main character although there were several oth
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Oct 06, 2011
James
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I think this classic novel used to be better than it is now.
Partly, this is because, since Mark Twain famously crucified James Fenimore Cooper in print, I'm afraid to take too much pleasure in anything Cooper wrote. [If you haven't read that review before, go do so now: it is masterful -- and hilarious. "There have been daring people in the world who claimed that Cooper could write English, but they are all dead now...."]
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Partly, this is because, since Mark Twain famously crucified James Fenimore Cooper in print, I'm afraid to take too much pleasure in anything Cooper wrote. [If you haven't read that review before, go do so now: it is masterful -- and hilarious. "There have been daring people in the world who claimed that Cooper could write English, but they are all dead now...."]
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Aug 28, 2011
Amy
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I read this book in college and found it very interesting. I had seen the movie Last of the Mohicans (the 90's version with Daniel Day Lewis) with the R-rated stuff edited out. I wanted to read the original.
The feel for the history was amazing. The violence in the book was every bit as graphic as the movie and possibly more. The attitude toward the Native Americans was not PC by our modern sensibilities. It showed the dichotomy between the view of Native Americans as being brutal and u More...
The feel for the history was amazing. The violence in the book was every bit as graphic as the movie and possibly more. The attitude toward the Native Americans was not PC by our modern sensibilities. It showed the dichotomy between the view of Native Americans as being brutal and u More...
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May 23, 2011
Frank
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Great American Novel
Natty Bumpo, Deerslayer, Hawkeye, Pathfinder, is the quintessential American hero. With Mohicans, Cooper invented the American Hero in 1827. The book was such a huge success that Cooper wrote four more novels taking Hawkeye from birth to death. Each book moves progressively westward as Hawkeye seeks the pristine wilderness.
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May 09, 2011
I watch the movie then I read the novel although I don't prefer to start with movies. I noticed that there is a huge gap between them! if I'm going to rate them individually I'll give the movie 5/5, but the novel itself 3/5. why ?
the movie contains an awesome landscape which encouraged me to list Canada in my to-visit countries around the world. The waterfalls, the lakes, the forests everything was totally amazing. Furthermore, the movie showed some view of the war between the British and More...
the movie contains an awesome landscape which encouraged me to list Canada in my to-visit countries around the world. The waterfalls, the lakes, the forests everything was totally amazing. Furthermore, the movie showed some view of the war between the British and More...
May 08, 2011
Sarah
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The last time I read this book was in High School and that was only for my love of Daniel Day Lewis's La longue carabine. As I remembered, the book was vastly [VASTLY] different from the film. This time around, I find the book surprisingly closer to the film than my memory first serves. Racial and gender politics aside, the plot shared more similarities than I expected. Yes, we have Cora and Alice traveling to Fort William Henry and get caught up in Magua's personal vendetta against their father
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Mar 06, 2011
Raymond
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An excellent book if one wants to understand the American psyche. It depicts life on the frontier where the battle against potentially brute and savage enemies is around every corner. And, of course, it takes the marine-like soldier and the independent minded scout to save the day.
I don't know how realistic the story actually is when compared to the reality of the French-Indian wars but it reminds me immediately of the all-time popular theme of Hollywood movies and books where tough More...
I don't know how realistic the story actually is when compared to the reality of the French-Indian wars but it reminds me immediately of the all-time popular theme of Hollywood movies and books where tough More...
Dec 05, 2010
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Dec 05, 2010
Jonny
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Read from chapter 1 to chapter 20
time spent actively engaged in reading: a lot (I do not time my self when I read)
I wonder why the British in the fort actually agree to the surrender. I would not trust that the Indians or French, for that matter, would be peaceful and allow me to leave. I know that if a treaty is offered it is the right thing to do if you stand by it but this is a time of war. I would not trust the people. Also why did that Indian try to steal th More...
Read from chapter 1 to chapter 20
time spent actively engaged in reading: a lot (I do not time my self when I read)
I wonder why the British in the fort actually agree to the surrender. I would not trust that the Indians or French, for that matter, would be peaceful and allow me to leave. I know that if a treaty is offered it is the right thing to do if you stand by it but this is a time of war. I would not trust the people. Also why did that Indian try to steal th More...
Feb 13, 2010
Abe
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I really enjoyed this book despite the heavy-handed Romanticism and Cooper's infamous literary quirks and gaffes. The former fault, which rises almost to the level of a sort of proto-pluralism in some instances, is most greatly evidenced in the final chapter, as well as in the interesting exchange between Hawkeye and David Gamut in chapter twelve. As for the latter fault, Mark Twain (though hardly free of literary sins of his own) has delineated them so accurately and humorously in his famous es
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Jul 13, 2009
Jackson
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This is the second, and most popular, volume in Cooper's famed Leatherstocking series which follows the adventures of the early American pioneer Natty Bumppo. In Last of the Mohicans, Bumppo is a middle aged man known to the reader as Hawkeye. The story takes place in the midst of the French and Indian Wars. Hawkeye and his two Mohican Indian cohorts, friendly to the English cause, though against imperialism in general, have befriended an English major who is escorting his General's two daughter
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Apr 24, 2009
Christy
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‘Neath the flowery prose lies a great adventure story, if you can follow it. The most horrendous scene is told in such ornate language that you’re not quite sure what happened. But ‘tis no matter. There’s plenty of time to unravel the meaning. You’ll remember that in the Jane Austen books, the girls read “Cooper and Scott (Ivanhoe)” to each other. There was no hurry for the books to end, because evenings were long and entertainment was limited. So don’t expect to finish the story in one ev
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Sep 20, 2011
Cruton
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The beginning middle and all but the very end of this book is a load of tripe. The natives in the book are either the very manifestations of heathenism and savagery or rise to the level of noble savage, the trope used depending on who the native and his tribe has allied themselves with, the French or British.
If the Hunter/Scout is speaking you can be sure he is going on about one of the two he will talk about. The first is how awesome he is with a rifle and that if allowed his 'Killdeer', ( More...
If the Hunter/Scout is speaking you can be sure he is going on about one of the two he will talk about. The first is how awesome he is with a rifle and that if allowed his 'Killdeer', ( More...
Jul 03, 2011
Lindsay
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This was quite a difficult book to read. The actual events and story portrayed were full of action, but they were dulled by the authors writing style.
The characters were made to fit certain molds with all the heroes full of honour (to the point of not lying down in a canoe when they were being shot at, with no real reason for them to stay sitting, because it would have been unmanly) and the heroines attempting to be brave by submitting to their circumstances without fainting or comp More...
The characters were made to fit certain molds with all the heroes full of honour (to the point of not lying down in a canoe when they were being shot at, with no real reason for them to stay sitting, because it would have been unmanly) and the heroines attempting to be brave by submitting to their circumstances without fainting or comp More...
