The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper - 1826
Introduction
The Last of the Mohicans (1826) is James Fenimore Cooper's look into the French and Indian War of the 1750s between the Fren...
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The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
Born in 1789, James Fenimore Cooper grew up in a small town on the edge of the frontier in upstate New York. Over thirty years before, the area had...
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Biography EssayOne hundred and fifty years ago Cooper was one of the world's most widely read novelists and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a number of well-publicized quarrels w...
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Novelist and social critic James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was the first major American writer to deal imaginatively with American life, notably in his five "Leather-Stocking Tales." He was also a c...
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James Fenimore Cooper was a pioneer of American literature. He was not only the first of his countrymen to make a living solely from the pen, but he also legitimized American themes, such as the openi...
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One hundred and fifty years ago Cooper was one of the world's most widely read novelists and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a number of well-publicized quarrels with his country...
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James Fenimore Cooper sailed for Europe with his family on 1 June 1826 for a projected five-year visit. He left New York with the multiple aims of securing favorable European publication agreements fo...
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Throughout much of the nineteenth century James Fenimore Cooper was one of the most widely read novelists in the world and one of the most highly acclaimed. During his lifetime a series of well-public...
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In the essay below, Haberly outlines the influence of captivity narratives on James Fenimore Cooper's creation of The Last of the Mohicans.
Despite considerable new interest in narratives of...
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In the following essay, Haberly considers the influence of the captivity genre on James Fenimore Cooper's portrayal of femininity in The Last of the Mohicans.
Despite considerable new intere...
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Author's Purpose
Cooper wrote The Last of the Mohicans with an attempt to surpass the works of other authors in the "frontier adventure" genre. By using such issues as racism and interracial marriage...
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Cora Munro is the heroine in The Last of the Mohicans. Cora is racially mixed and this became an issue in the novel because of interracial relationships. In Hope Leslie, Hope also is faced wit...
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The Last of the Mohicans is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The story is set in the late 1750s, during the French and Indian war, in western New York State. In the beginning of the story, Alice an...
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Teaching The Last of the Mohicans
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The Last of the Mohicans Lesson Plans contain 117 pages of teaching material, including:
Develop students' appreciation of literature and improve their reading comprehension skills with these time-saving resources. Reading comprehension exercises encourage students to read carefully a...
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This Graphic Novel Series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 70 page, softcover book retain...
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Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching higher-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background note...
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Containing 11 reproducible exercises to maximize vocabulary development and comprehension skills, these guides include pre-and post-reading activities, story synopses, key vocabulary, and answer ke...
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When Louis-Joseph de Montcalm departed the southern shore of this Adirondack lake in 1757, he left behind the smoldering ruins of a British fort, mutilated bodies and the seeds for an American lite...
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NORWICH, Conn. _ The Mohegans were wiped out long ago in the novel "The Last of the Mohicans," but today the real American Indian tribe is flush with casino cash and using it to restore its proud p...
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Twin baby grand pianos stand in the living room of a white clapboard farmhouse high on the Taconic Ridge on the border of New York and Massachusetts. Here the poet Edna St. Vincent M...
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Three members of the Chicago mob's top echelon face life behind bars after being blamed by a jury for a 16-year wave of murder aimed at silencing witnesses and settling old scores.But the federal g...
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Washington smarties will tell you that only 15 House seats are ever truly in play every two years, thanks to gerrymandering. This is the world, comfortable and eternal, that all politicians want (e...
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Washington smarties will tell you that only 15 House seats are ever truly in play every two years, thanks to gerrymandering. This is the world, comfortable and eternal, that all politicians want (e...
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The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper - 1826
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757
James Fenimore Cooper
James Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
Critical Essay by David T. Haberly
The Last of the Mohicans
Last of the Mohicans
General's descendent to mark anniversary
