the last of the mohicans

     

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first publishe in January 1826.

Trivia about the last of the mohicans

  • Chapter III of this 1826 novel is prefaced by a quote from the poem "An Indian at the Burial-Place of His Fathers"
  • The August 1857 Indian Massacre of surrendered American & English troops is in this 1826 Cooper novel
  • This novel ends, "Before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans!"
  • Of the 2 remaining members of his tribe, only Chingachgook survives this 1826 Cooper novel
  • It's the second volume of the "Leather-Stocking Tales"
  • Hawkeye shows up in this 1826 novel
  • In a James Fenimore Cooper novel, Uncas, a young chieftain, is identified as this title character
  • Natty Bumppo escorts 2 sisters through hostile Indian country in this Cooper novel
  • It ends, "Before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race..."
  • The line "A dozen Hurons fell by a discharge from Chingachgook and his band" is from this novel
  • Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"
  • Daniel Day-Lewis says, "You stay alive, no matter what occurs!" in this 1992 film of a James Fenimore Cooper classic
  • "...Scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas, like drops of falling rain"
  • To play Hawkeye in this movie, Daniel Day-Lewis learned to track animals, build canoes & fire muskets
  • Maj. Heyward escorts Col. Munroe's daughters to Fort William Henry; Hawkeye helps, Magua doesn't
  • It ends with funeral ceremonies for Cora & Uncas