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James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
Set during the French and Indian War, James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans is the second and most popular of the five novels in his Leatherstocking series. The main characters are Natty Bumppo, a courageous and heroic American raised in part by Native Americans, and his "brother" Chingachgook, a noble and wise Mohican whose son is killed in battle and is "the last of the Mohicans." The novel is notable for its focus on race and the converging of interests in a multi-racial society. |