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• Last of the Mohicans, The
  Last of the Mohicans, The

  noun

  a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.
• The Last of the Mohicans
  The Last of the Mohicans

  A novel by James Fenimore Cooper; part of The Leatherstocking Tales. The leading character is Uncas, a noble Native American who helps a family of British settlers during the French and Indian War. (See also Natty Bumppo.)

Last of the Mohicans, The

American  

noun

1. a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.

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The Last of the Mohicans Cultural  

1. A novel by James Fenimore Cooper; part of The Leatherstocking Tales. The leading character is Uncas, a noble Native American who helps a family of British settlers during the French and Indian War. (See also Natty Bumppo.)

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"Last of the Mohicans, The," 52-55, 56, 58, 66, 71, 72, 239, 291.

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

"The Pioneers," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Pathfinder," and "The Deerslayer" are among the best of his tales of frontier life.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

Arranged according to the order of events, The Deerslayer should be the first of this remarkable series, followed by The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

In "The Pioneers," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Prairie," "The Pathfinder," and "The Deer-slayer" figures the character of Leatherstocking, than whom no fictitious personage has a greater claim to interest.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman

Tastes differ; and there are those—possibly the majority of his readers—who prefer the Indian associations of The Last of the Mohicans, The Pioneers, &c. to the salt-water scenery of the other class of works.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Robert Chambers

That said, he credited the actors who do train – praising Keanu Reeves for his work in the "John Wick" franchise and Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Last of the Mohicans."

From Fox News ● Oct. 30, 2021

Across town, the Haymakers were leaving the cinema after watching The Last of the Mohicans.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2019

The Last of the Mohicans, published in 1826, furthered those depictions and stereotypes, as did Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows, Deloria said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2019

Cooper created an immortal frontier hero, Natty Bumpo, and followed his adventures through five novels, including The Deerslayer and The Last of the Mohicans.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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